Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Legislature Passes AGIA with Strengthened Local Hire Provisions

On May 15th, the Alaska Senate accepted the House’s version of the AGIA bill.  With two exceptions, the text of the bill, as it pertains to labor issues, is identical to that discussed earlier.  In both sections 15 (local hire) and 17 (project labor agreement) of AS 43.90.130,  legislators added the word “maximum” to the phrase “to the extent […]

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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Bowen v. State: Public employee DP rights

The Supreme Court, in an unpublished opinion, recently addressed several issues about the Due Process rights of a public employee.  The Court issued its opinion in Bowen v. State, 2007 WL 706638 (Alaska Mar. 7, 2007), on appeal from remand proceedings following State v. Bowen, 953 P.2d 888, 901 (Alaska 1998). 
Bowen had been a staff […]

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