Compulsory arbitration under the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act is described, and reservations about the process expressed by the author. The author recommends that, to speed the interest arbitration process,…

The authors posit that arbitrators must not apply external law unless the parties have granted them the authority to do so, and that advocates should be circumspect in investing the…

Attorney Teitelbaum notes the infrequency with which statutory claims arise, and that CBAs often furnish the means for redress of matters also addressed by statute. The potential conflicts between seniority…