A three-part approach is recommended as the best strategy to prevent violence: 1) pre-incident training, 2) stress-management interventions, and 3) employee victim debriefing. Warning signs of potential violent behavior, and…

An examination of fault and no-fault attendance policies; “excessive” absenteeism; the use of progressive discipline for absenteeism; disparate treatment; and factors in determining just cause….

The authors posit that there has been a shift, from (a) Arbitrators’ deference to an employer’s imposition of discharge absent arbitrariness or abuse of discretion to (b) the de novo…

Arbitrator Vaughn describes the impediments to the implementation of high speed rail in the United States, the changes in operational processes – and, possibly, ownership – that may attend the…

A review of the events that triggered (1) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Emergency Order 26 (E.O. 26) and (2) regulatory regimes and policies promulgated by other government agencies and…