The author poses questions about the direction of the Academy’s future, with special consideration to the process of securing a pool of candidates, training and developing the candidates, and selecting…

A roundtable discussion, based upon hypothetical examples, of off-duty misconduct as cause for discharge. Subjects addressed include representation of the employee by independent counsel – a plea of guilty vs….

In the Cotran decision, the California Supreme Court ruled that the appropriate inquiry in adjudicating a breach of contract claim was whether the employer’s conclusion of misconduct was reached honestly…

A panel discussion of three case studies of alleged abuse involving (1) a nursing home, (2) a police shooting, and (3) sexual assault on a student by a teacher.Following the…

A survey — of NAA members, management attorney advocates in the U.S. and Canada, and union attorney advocates — the purpose of which is to determine the factors that go…

Arbitrator Bickner offers practical suggestions to encourage grievance mediation, including, especially, in complex cases, for which the approach can be especially efficatious.

A fact-based and scenario based discussion of how evidentiary and procedural issues have been expeditiously addressed by arbitrators before, during and after the hearing.

A panel discussion of practical considerations that arbitrators make when ruling on evidentiary or procedural matters.