The article describes how arbitrator actually resolve ability-to-pay issues; it is not a prescription of how they should. It notes that some arbitrators accept the… Read More »Interest arbitration and ability to pay1. U.S. Public sector experience
The report of an industrial inquiry commission of the compensation of hospital employees in Ontario (the “Johnson Commission”) concluded that neither government guidelines nor ability-to-pay… Read More »Interest arbitration and ability to pay2.Canadian experience: A union viewpoint
To control government spending, some states have placed a “cap” on aggregate expenditures. The author examines how such caps affect public sector interest arbitration. For… Read More »Interest arbitration: Can the public sector afford it? Developing limitations on the process. 1. An overview
The author states that, in substance, a public sector interest arbitrator exercises delegated legislative authority and, as such, is an agent of the legislature in… Read More »Interest arbitration: Can the public sector afford it? Developing limitations on the process. 2. A management perspective
Professor Gershenfeld’s observations about interest arbitration. He examines the criteria for making monetary decisions, scope problems in the non-monetary areas, the “coercive comparison,” and the… Read More »Decision-making in public-sector interest arbitration:Perceptions of the arbitrator and the parties
Settlement criteria in public sector interest arbitration must be realistic but also acceptable to the parties. That balance may be difficult to achieve in the… Read More »Criteria in public sector interest disputes
Smith discusses idiosyncrasies of interest arbitration in the public sector. Economic issues (wages and fringe benefits) present layered problems of wage comparisons, ability to pay,… Read More »Criteria in public sector interest disputes – Comment