Rhode Island Broth. Of Officers v. Rhode Island.U.S. District Court UNION CONTRACT Rhode Island Broth. Of Officers v. Rhode Island, 264 F.Supp.2d 87 (D.R.I. 2003). A state corrections officers union sued a state and officials, challenging a statute that amended the method of compensating officers who amassed (Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software from Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), Redmond, WA (www.adic.com) that runs under Unix (a version used to run under NT). On the front end, it makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. On the back end, it manages the robotic mechanisms that move the required tape cartridges to the available tape drives. education credits, from a percentage of pay to a flat rate. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the state. The court held that the change in the compensation formula did not violate the takings clause, and that the statute did not constitute a contract breach. The court noted that the state gave corrections employees sufficient notice of termination of the collective bargaining agreement, when the legislature considered and passed the statute that changed the method of compensation. (Rhode Island Department of Corrections) |
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