ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT PROVIDES GUIDANCE AS TO WHEN MUNICIPALITIES MAY PARTICIPATE IN POLICE OR FIREFIGHTER PENSION BOARD HEARINGS

Court affirms Pension Board’s denial of City’s request to intervene in firefighter line of duty disability hearing. By: Robert B. McCoy [email protected] Illinois municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more are required to create a pension fund for firefighters or police officers in their employ. Those municipalities have a substantial financial interest in the…

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Residency Requirements for Municipal Employees

By:  Robert B. McCoy [email protected] In most cases, a municipality can chose whether to mandate that its employees reside within the municipality’s corporate limits.   Special rules, however, apply to police officers, firefighters and appointed officers of a municipality. Municipalities that have chosen to impose employee residency requirements have sometimes faced constitutional challenges to their policies. …

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Illinois FOIA prohibits disclosure of disciplinary records older than 4 years

Disciplinary Records Older Than 4 Years Prohibited from Disclosure in Response to FOIA Request By:  Robert B. McCoy [email protected] Public employers have sometimes attempted to prevent the disclosure of an employee’s disciplinary records in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request under the theory that a request for such records is an unwarranted invasion…

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