The Union advocate discourages the admissibility of evidence that is not reliable, relevant and material, and recommends that arbitrators advise the parties why evidence is… Read More »A debate: Should labor arbitrators receive evidence “For what it’s worth?”Union, management and neutral’s perspectives
NAA President Tom Roberts recounts anecdotes of several inspiring, impressive and otherwise memorable advocates he has known in his career. The lesson Roberts has learned… Read More »The presidential address: Advocates I have known
Two NAA members joust over the conflict between confining admissible evidence to the relevant and material, and becoming unduly legalistic.
A review of the development of individual salary final-offer arbitration procedures and criteria, used in baseball since 1973, and the distinctions between baseball arbitration and… Read More »Arbitration in professional sports: 3. Arbitrating in baseball
Sardonically presented but engaging repartee between two highly regarded Academy Members. Their discussion evolves around the trend away from traditional arbitration toward a more complicated,… Read More »The presidential address – an exercise in dialectic: Should arbitration behave as does litigation?
The author examines job performance testing and maintains that testing can serve as an aid for the filling of a particular vacancy if: (1) the… Read More »The use of experts in arbitration. II. Should the arbitrator know the score?