Sunday, May 3, 2015

Connecticut Supreme Court clarifies use of public policy in challenges to arbitration awards

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Since first recognizing a public policy exception to the general rule of deference to arbitrator's awards, the Connecticut Supreme Court...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Arbitrator reinstates police officer - Police Standards Council revokes his police certificate - Alaska Supreme Court affirms both

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Lance Parcell was employed by the Airport Police and Fire Department of the Alaska Department of Transportation. In 2006 he was  investigate...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Arbitrator finds conduct of Sheriff's deputy in stalking former fiancee provides just cause for dismissal

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Grievant was employed as a deputy on the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. During his employment he began a romantic relationship with anot...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Police officer, special needs child, use of force and a clash of cultures

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Grievant was employed as a police officer by the City of Bloomington, Illinois. He responded to an incident at a local school to address an ...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Award of back pay to firefighter who let certification lapse doesn't violate public policy

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Grievant was employed as a firefighter by the City of Akron. His employment was terminated because of his failure to comply with the City ...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Fired, reinstated then fired again - court rejects effort to enforce Arbitrator's award

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Two police officers employed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority were dismissed for separate incidents One was alleged to ...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Court: Arbitrator improperly decided what the contract should say, not what it does say. Award vacated.

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A police officer represented by Fort Pitt Lodge 1 of the FOP filed a grievance concerning his compensation for working certain special event...