Sunday, July 30, 2017

Assignment to light duty and seniority issues - Court upholds arbitrator's award

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The PA Commonwealth Court has upheld an award of Arbitrator Mark McCloskey in connection with a grievance filed by the Allegheny County Pris...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Two recent cases discuss the appropriate standard of proof, progressive discipline and just cause

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Two recent cases, reported by Minnesota's Bureau of Mediation Services , address the question of the appropriate standard of proof in ...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Choke holds, use of force, public policy and arbitration

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has rejected an effort by the City of Boston to set aside an arbitrator's award reinstating a p...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Confirming arbitration awards - mootness, compliance, contempt

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The Seventh Circuit has rejected an appeal by Hyatt Corp. from an order confirming two arbitration awards. The awards found that Hyatt supe...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

Does administrative time off to vote apply to participation in caucuses?

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That was the issue before Arbitrator Shyman Das in a case involving the US Postal Service and its three major unions. The USPS Employee an...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Politics, police, progressive discipline and just cause

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Two officers of the DeFuniak Springs Police department, Officer Richard Boblitt and Sergeant Anthony Kaiser, claimed they were dismissed in ...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Letter of Reprimand and recording of classes didn't violate university professor's academic freedom

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Arbitrator Thomas W. Young issued an award in a dispute between the University of Central Florida and one of its professors. The grievant ha...