Reports from the appointing agencies, including caseload statistics, time and costs; litigation; training and other services offered; and trends

Professor Grodin examines four U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The first deals with setting aside a labor arbitrator’s award that conflicts with “public policy”; the second with judicial authority to overrule a labor arbitrator’s finding of fact; the third with the authority of a court, under the Federal Arbitration Act, to hear an appeal, including a …

An examination of the state of employment dispute resolution law in the State of California.

Can an employee’s statutory rights be made the subject of a collectively bargained arbitration agreement? Relevant case law is examined. The author concludes that (except in the Fourth Circuit) when employee grievances under CBAs contain statutory issues, those issues may be heard in the courts, notwithstanding that the grievance procedure has not been exhausted. The …