Western NY Legal, 1982

List of inquiries fielded to legal staff in 1982; Improper Practice charges at various districts; request for assignment of attorneys to 3020a case at Starpoint, Niagara Falls, Lewiston-Porter, Depew, West Seneca, and Lockport school districts, January; inquiry re sick leave bank for pregnancy-related illness at Cheektowaga district, November; memos re denial of recall/ layoff rights at Sweet Home School District, October; similar issue in Niagara Falls, September; improper layoff case in Niagara-Wheatfield, September; memos re million-dollar libel suit against teacher by principal at Sweet Home School District, September; layoff and seniority questions at Pioneer school district, September; memo re reduction in guidance counselor positions at Sloan district, August; memos re North Tonawanda age discrimination suit, August; request for legal assistance re layoff at Hamburg district, seniority question, July; memo re illegal garnishing of wages of teacher in Tonawanda school district for not working on non-required work days, July; layoff/tenure question at Hamburg district, July; tenure/seniority question at Lancaster district, July; request to appeal Commissioner's Decision re Sweet Home tenure issue, May; materials re unemployment insurance appeal board decision, reversing previous position that laid-off teachers can refuse per diem substitute work, May; memo re grievance filed against Amherst Central School District for improper layoff of teacher, March; memos re arbitrator's deduction of fee from award to teachers in Randolph school district, January; memos re stays of arbitration in Portville, West Seneca, and North Collins districts, January; memo re possible appeal to Commissioner re tenured teacher at Gowanda whose job had been eliminated, January