Laws, in general, do not remotely resemble “plain english” and are therefore very difficult to navigate. While individual laws may be intended to “stand alone” and address a specific concern, the courts have pretty uniformly stated that everything must be taken in
Looking forward to teaching the “Fire Chief’s Legal Tool Kit: Sunday only at Winter Fire School, in addition to working with Chief Brian Schaeffer and Asst. Chief Sam Persell to present “Surviving the Realities of Leading” on Saturday. Looking forward
After many years of work at the State legislative level, and several unsuccessful attempts at a presumptive cancer coverage law, in 2021 the Missouri Fire Service Alliance was able to guide passage of Senate Bill 45, enabling creation of a
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In prior blogs I’ve discussed the application of FLSA rules
ON FRIDAY, JULY 15 I’LL BE PRESENTING ANOTHER SESSION OF “THE FIRE CHIEF’S LEGAL TOOLBOX”
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Another great year at the MAFPD annual conference. I enjoyed the discussions during my “Return of the Roaring 20’s” presentation and the turnout was great!
By the way, if you are a firefighter and have not had the opportunity to
Join me next weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks for the Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts conference!
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Last month we dealt with a threshold question: Does the
Something long-suspected is now systematically and scientifically being proven beyond any reasonable doubt: Fire Fighters develop cancers at a higher rate than the general population, and the exposures to cancer causing agents come not just in higher numbers, but different
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So, let’s start with the threshold question: Does the FLSA