10.2190/CW8D-NJUH-WFYF-8RUG CW8DNJUHWFYF8RUG 199 FIREFIGHTERS' OFF-DUTY MISCONDUCT AND "JUST CAUSE" FOR DISCIPLINE: A REVIEW OF ARBITRATION CASES 199 208 20040922 20040922 20040922 20040922 CW8DNJUHWFYF8RUG.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=CW8DNJUHWFYF8RUG 3 WILLIAM J. WALSH PH.D. SHEILA VICARS-DUNCAN J.D. SAMMIE ROBINSON PH.D. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington This article reviews the status of employer security of off-duty (mis)conduct by firefighters in the public sector. Arbitration cases involving firefighters were reviewed to identify the criteria used to sustain or deny the employees' claims that their employer fire districts lacked just cause to impose discipline. One question addressed was: "Is illegality of the conduct a necessary condition or sufficient condition for the imposition of discipline?" The criteria applied in recent arbitration cases were then compared to those used in the private sector. The City of St. Petersburg [Florida] and the St. Petersburg Association of Firefighters, Local 747 (IAFF). 94-2 Labor Arbitration Awards (CCH) ¶4382 (1994) (Sergent, Arbitrator). City of Reno [Nevada] and IAFF; 102 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 492; (1993) (Bogue, Arbitrator). Grief Bros. Cooperage Corp.; 42 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 555, 557-59 (1964) (Daughtery, Arbitrator). West Monona [Iowa] Community School District and Individual Grievant; 93 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 414; (1990) (Hill, Arbitrator). City of Bridgeport [Conn.] and Bridgeport Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 834; 97 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 327; (1992) (Freedman, Monitto, & Healy, Arbitrators). Township of East Lampeter [Pennsylvania] and East Lampeter Township Police Association; 105 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 133 (1996) (DiLauro, Arbitrator). City of Evanston, Ill. and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 742; 95 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 679; (1991) (Dilts, Arbitrator). Grief Bros. Cooperage Corp.; 42 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 555, 557-59 (1964) (Daughtery, Arbitrator). City of Okmulgee [Oklahoma] and IAFF Local 2839; 91 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 258; (1988) (Harr, Arbitrator). City of Duncanville and Texas State Association of Firefighters; 100 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 795; (1993) (Allen, Arbitrator). Hill Air Force Base, Utah and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1592; 00-2 Labor Arbitration Awards (CCH) ¶3642 (2000) (Staudohar, Arbitrator). City of Stockton [California] and Stockton Firefighters Local No 1229; 01-2 Laboratory Arbitration Awards (CCH) ¶4003 (2001) (Staudohar, Arbitrator). City of Oklahoma City and IAFF Local 1524; 10 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 385; (1998) (Greer, Arbitrator). City of Shawnee and IAFF Local 628; 91 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 93; (1988) (Allen, Arbitrator). City of Las Vegas Fire Department and IAFF; 105 Labor Arbitration Reports (BNA) 398; (1996) (Robinson, Arbitrator).