OGDENSBURG — The following is a timeline of events associated with the legal dispute between the City of Ogdensburg and the Ogdensburg Professional Firefighters Local 1799:
OGDENSBURG — The city now has to pay more than $24,000 in interest on back pay payments to the Ogdensburg Professional Firefighters Local 1799 following the latest ruling in state
OGDENSBURG — Ogdensburg’s firefighters will be paid a lump sum of $519,680 for owed back pay following an approved resolution by City Council Monday night.
Does legal marijuana spell end of testing for the drug at NY businesses?
Updated May 07, 2:07 PM;
Posted May 07, 8:41 AM
Michael Keren smokes a marijuana cigarette during a Joints for Jabs event in April in New York City. Adults who showed their Covid-19 vaccination cards received a free joint.Mark Lennihan | AP Photo
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Recreational marijuana is now legal for adults in New York, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of testing for the drug in the workplace, experts said.
Although there is nothing in the law that bars companies from testing existing employees or job applicants for marijuana, the statute tweaked New York’s labor law to prevent companies from disciplining workers or not hiring applicants for using pot on their own time.
CANTON â In an almost deserted St. Lawrence County courtroom Friday, it was revealed that two more Ogdensburg firefighters have opted to retire and one is under âdisciplinary reviewâ as the city and its fire union took their battle over minimum manning a step further in state Supreme Court. No decision on the matter was issued from the bench Friday by Judge Mary M. Farley, but an âexpeditedâ written decision was promised.
The courtroom Friday was nearly empty. The lawyers werenât at their respective tables, preparing to defend their positions, and the judge was not seated at her bench. Instead, the judge was in her chambers, and the lawyers called in from other locations. In the space in front of the bench, a flatscreen TV displaying a video conference call was mounted on a stand, which stood looming over the courtroom â all thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.