Question:   How do I become an “exempt” employee?  The Agency’s exempt employees get extra leave time and I think my job should be classified as exempt and that I should get this extra leave time too.  The Agency says that I am hourly.  What does the law say about who is exempt versus non-exempt?  How […]

Question:  I’m a code enforcement officer and I was involved in a traffic accident.  I was parked and getting out of my vehicle to issue a citation.  I didn’t check before opening my vehicle door and I clipped a bicyclist who was passing by.  The City investigated and issued a report, but they didn’t interview […]

Question: Management instructed us that our leave requests will be denied if we are not caught up on our work assignments.  There is nothing in our MOU or personnel rules that allow for that.  Can Management deny me the right to use my own leave time like that?  We are so understaffed.  Work is never […]

Question:  Due to a medical condition, I recently underwent the interactive process with my Agency to identify a reasonable accommodation that would allow me to perform the essential functions of my job or be reassigned to a different job.  A week or two after the interactive process meeting, my HR sent me a document from […]