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Police Officer Certification and Decertification Three Years After the SAFE-T Act


Bundle(s):
2024 Public Sector Conference
Categories:
Labor Law |  Labor Relations
Speakers:
Alyssa Haaker |  Yvette Heintzelman |  Lisa Salkovitz Kohn
Duration:
1 Hour 01 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Program Date:
Dec 06, 2024
Product Type:
On Demand - Also available: On Demand  17
License:
Never Expires.



Description

This session will discuss how the SAFE-T Act has effected policing, standards for reporting, and outline what reactivation entails.

  • Alyssa Haaker, Attorney, Illinois FOP Labor Council
  • Yvette Heintzelman, Member, Clark Hill PLC
  • Lisa Kohn, Arbitrator, Dispute Resolution Services

Speaker


Yvette Heintzelman's Profile

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Member

Clark Hill PLC


Yvette Heintzelman is a dynamic, tenacious, and effective management advocate who works collaboratively to deliver practical solutions to her clients in all aspects of both labor and employment matters.

Workplace Counseling

Yvette regularly advises employers on a wide range of workplace and legal issues including workplace misconduct, reasonable accommodations, FMLA leave, hiring, disciplining, terminating, severance agreements, employee training, personnel policies, labor agreement administration, wage and hour issues and other duties and liabilities of employers.  She has also assisted clients in responding to government investigations.

Employment Litigation

Yvette has litigated a broad spectrum of single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action cases including the following:

  • Title VII
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • 42 U.S.C § 1981 and §1983
  • Overtime and other wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Various state-law claims, including wrongful termination, whistleblower claims, and other general employment matters

Traditional Labor Relations

Yvette’s  traditional labor practice focuses on all aspects of traditional labor law.  She regularly represents clients in collective-bargaining negotiations, organizing campaigns, labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice hearings and labor agreement administration.

Workplace Investigations

She has extensive experience investigating employee misconduct and working with public safety departments and  interpreting the Peace Officers Disciplinary Act, Safe T Act, and the Firefighters Disciplinary Act and associated agreements, laws, and regulations.

Pension/Post-Employment Benefits

Yvette’s  experience includes investigation and analysis of injury claims, particularly public safety injury claims and their intersection with disability and privacy issues, pension applications, PEDA and PSEBA benefits.

Additionally, Yvette has extensive experience representing employers in the public sector, real estate, manufacturing, retail/sales, and staffing industries. She creates and leads comprehensive management and human resources training on diversity issues, complex FMLA issues, discrimination and harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and conducts internal investigations.



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