The article examines 78 arbitration decisions that weigh the employer’s right to discipline for absenteeism against the employee’s family care-giving responsibilities. It places such absences… Read More »Work and family conflict.1. Work/family conflict: the arbitrator’s role
Arbitrator Knowlton posits that fairness requires the evolution of the concept of just cause to take into account the contemporary circumstances of workers, who increasingly… Read More »Work and family conflict. The evolution of worklife disputes in grievance arbitration: A commentary on Professor Joan Williams’ preceding article
The predominance of single-parent and dual-worker households has greatly increased the tension that employees feel between responsibilities to their jobs and responsibilities to their families.… Read More »An empirical investigation of factors affecting outcomes of discipline arbitrations where work and family responsibilities conflict: Preliminary results
A critique of WORK/FAMILY CONFLICT, a paper by Professor Joan Williams that exams the changing demographics of working families and, specifically, the arbitration decisions pertaining… Read More »Of Work, Family, and Arbitration: Comments on Williams, WORK/FAMILY CONFLICT
A discussion of the relevance of the ADA to the arbitration of disciplines for poor attendance. The author observes that ADA employment protections are narrowing… Read More »The impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on attendance issues: An anachronism in the making?
An examination of fault and no-fault attendance policies; “excessive” absenteeism; the use of progressive discipline for absenteeism; disparate treatment; and factors in determining just cause.
Management’s perspective of arbitration decisions and judicial rulings affecting physical and mental disabilities, no smoking rules, AIDS, health insurance, and employee rights under federal statutes.
A discussion of the differing measurements of absenteeism, and the conflicting views of arbitrators in cases involving corrective discipline in the context of absenteeism charges.… Read More »Arbitration and the absent employee
Discharge for alcoholism or alcohol-related misconduct poses one of the “greater dilemmas” for arbitrators. The authors discuss the growth of occupational programs, both employer-initiated and… Read More »Title: Alcoholism and the just cause for discharge