Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers v. State Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 15, 1998No. 96-240-AppealPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
Can the state take steps to withhold approval of certain union members’ requests to take paid leaves from their state jobs to work full time on union business? Can it do so without resort to collective bargaining and notwithstanding the state’s past practice of approving such requests? Given the circumstances presented by this appeal, we answer these questions in the affirmative.
Over the years the State of Rhode Island (state) Department of Corrections (DOC) has engaged in a practice of approving various employees’ requests to take paid leave from their government…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jacinto v. EganSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Vose v. Broth. of Correctional OfficersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991
- Town of Coventry v. TurcoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
- Retired Adjunct Professors v. AlmondSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
- State, Department of Mental Health, Retardation, & Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- City of Cranston v. Rhode Island Laborers' District CouncilSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
- RI Council 94, Afscme, Afl-Cio v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- Woonsocket Teachers' Guild, Local 951 v. Woonsocket School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- Romano v. Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
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