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Layoff, Preferred Lists and Reinstatement of public employees in New York State

Layoff, Preferred Lists and Reinstatement of public employees in New York State
Public Employment Law Press

This 340-page electronic book provides a concise guide to the applicable laws, rules and regulations, together with summaries of selected court and administrative decisions concerning the layoff and reinstatement of employees of New York State and its political subdivisions and school districts.

The material was prepared for use by administrators, union officials and attorneys concerned with layoff, preferred list and reinstatement from a preferred list issues involving individuals employed by New York State and its political subdivisions under the State's Civil Service Law and the Education Law. Below is a listing of some of the topics and issues considered in this e-book.

In his review of Layoff, Preferred Lists and Reinstatement, Professor Mitchell H. Rubinstein, Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Johns Law School and New York Law School, said:

"This book shines as a manual?. It discusses, in case brief form, hundreds ... of New York Civil Service, Education Law, Military Law and Retirement and Social Security Law cases ?.The book often compares decisions under the Civil Service law to decisions under the Education Law which presents attorneys who may be litigating these cases with possible creative arguments?. The book is also very timely given the current economy?. Every lawyer who practices in this area and every administrator and union official involved with layoffs will want to get a copy of this new book."

The topics covered range from ?Abolishing departments and agencies? to ?Wrongful discharge.?

For additional information and placing an order for this handbook, go to http://nylayoff.blogspot.com

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).