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Labor Arbitration
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Employment Class Action Blog
The Fifth Circuit Addresses an Issue That Refuses to Die: Who Determines Whether Class or Collective Arbitration Is Available?
By John Lewis
We opined on several occasions that cases dealing with a party’s entitlement to class or collective arbitration were a dying breed because of the increased use of class action…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Arbitration Info Site Launches
Rafaeol Gely (Missouri-Columbia) writes to announce the launch of ArbitrationInfo.com. Here's a description:The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law (CSDR) is…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Abarams: New Book on the Practice of Labor Arbitration
Roger Abrams (Northeastern) has just published The Labor Arbitration Workshop: An Experiential Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2016). The book is a fascinating collection of (mostly) arbitration awards. An accompanying website…
Labor Law Prof Blog
New Materials on Labor Arbitration from Roger Abrams
Carolina Academic Press has published a new set of materials that can be used to teach an “experiential” course in the practice of Labor Arbitration. Professor Roger I. Abrams, an…
Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
School Bus Driver’s Alcohol-Laced Cupcakes Did Not Violate Employer’s Rule Barring Intoxicating Beverages From Company Property, Arbitrator Rules
A labor arbitrator has upheld the grievance of a school bus driver who was terminated from her job with a bus company after she brought alcohol-laced cupcakes to work, and…
Management Memo
NLRB Reverses Longstanding Rule: Employers Now Required to Disclose Confidential Witness Statements in Investigations – a Major Change for Labor Arbitration?
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), in its June 26, 2015, Decision and Order in American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens (PDF) has overruled what it…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Consistency in Arguments is Key for Labor Arbitrations
My colleague, Jarad Lucan, returns today to recap a notable labor case that the Connecticut Appellate court decided this week (but officially released on March 24, 2015). It's worth a…
Labor Relations Law Insider
Discovery in Labor Arbitration
By Terry Potter
Normally, by the time an issue has been processed through the various steps of the grievance procedure, both parties know what the facts and relevant documents are prior to the…
Labor Relations Update
Is Deferral to Labor Arbitration Awards in Jeopardy?
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a press release announcing its intention to revisit precedent created under a pair of Board decisions nearly 59 and 30 years old, respectively. The…
Labor Law Prof Blog
NAA Arbitration Grants
The National Academy of arbitrators is currently accepting grant applications. They look to be a great oppuortunity. The info:.The National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA) is a professional association of labor…