| Description | Volume_Issue | Year | Month | PDF |
| Today the Firehouse Lawyer addresses a Public Records Act case involving personnel investigations, particularly the exemption of "personal information in files maintained for public employees" from disclosure. | 13-04 | 2015 | 4 | v13n04apr2015.pdf |
| We now discuss another jurisdiction’s consideration of the privacy rights of public employees in their personnel files; the duty to accommodate disabled firefighters under the ADA; the illegality of partial pay docking under FLSA; and then we consider some EEOC guidelines on offering disabled employees “equivalent positions” upon their return to work, and situations within which a leave request is covered by both the FMLA and the ADA. | 03-05 | 1999 | 5 | v03n05may1999.pdf |
| In this issue, the Firehouse Lawyer addresses recent case law arising under the Public Records and Open Public Meetings Acts; recent EEOC insights into inquires into disabilities, and how that relates to conditional offers of employment; and finally, we introduce a new column in honor of Bill Jarmon: Safety Bill. | 15-01 | 2017 | 1 | January_2017_FINAL.pdf |
| This is a hot issue, no pun intended: The Washington Public Employment Relations Commission recently delivered a crucial decision governing when minimum staffing is a mandatory subject of bargaining; the Washington Supreme Court rendered an opinion governing when neglectful actions may constitute a "violation of the oath of office" for purposes of a recall petition; finally, we shed light on a very important decision from a Washington Court of Appeals pertaining to when the Washington Constitution provides an exemption from the Public Records Act disclosure requirements. | 15-11 | 2017 | 11 | November2017FINAL.pdf |
| This Thanksgiving, be thankful for your management rights, but be wary of a recent Court of Appeals decision regarding when minimum staffing constitutes a mandatory subject of bargaining; we also consider a Washington Supreme Court case involving the Public Records Act and the Washington Constitution. | 17-11 | 2019 | 11 | November2019FINAL.pdf |
| Today we consider how the Washington Law Against Discrimination may come into play in the context of Covid-19; we also discuss an unpublished court case involving the LEOFF statutes permitting civil actions against employers, and a published court case involving personnel evaluations. | 18-06 | 2020 | 6 | JuneJuly2020FINAL.pdf |
| This article addresses the "personal information" exemption for public employees and what it means for records to be "maintained for" a public employee under this Public Records Act exemption. | 19-12E | 2021 | 12 | December2021EXTRAFINAL.pdf |