Monday, April 30, 2012

Arbitration award reinstating police officer found to have engaged in domestic violence deemed contrary to public policy

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An appellate court in Illinois has affirmed the lower court’s decision to set aside, on public policy grounds, an award reinstating a pol...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Labor Arbitration in the News

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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Arbitrator Jeffrey Jacobs has ordered the University of Northern Iowa to stop using stud...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Arbitrator erred in failing to consider post removal events

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found that an arbitrator erred in failing to consider evidence of post-removal ...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Labor Arbitration in the News

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The Niles Journal Online reports that an arbitrator has ordered the reinstatement of a police officer who had been terminated for alle...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Impact of absence of management rights clause

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Arbitrator Stuart Levinson has issued an Award discussing the impact of the absence of a management rights clause in a labor agreement. L...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Labor Arbitration in the News

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  Arbitrator Richard Beens has upheld a 20 day suspension imposed on a bus driver for talking on her cell phone while driving. Bus dri...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Arbitrator may review denial of unescorted access to Nuclear Facilities

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The Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court’s decision concerning the ability of an arbitrator to review and remedy the wrongful denia...