The article addresses recent developments in judicial standards of review of arbitrators’ awards in Canada, and furnishes an update of the NAA involvement in a… Read More »Legislation and court developments in Canadian arbitration – 2003
Public sector arbitration of grievance and interest disputes is examined in several sectors: the Puerto Rican system; the union perspective stateside; the employer perspective in… Read More »Arbitration in the public sector: The new systems and the established systems: What each might learn from the other.
A history of judicial review of workplace arbitration, and a statistical survey of the rate of confirmation/vacatur of labor and employment arbitration awards. After an… Read More »Final and binding, but appealable to courts: Empirical evidence of judicial review of labor and employment arbitration awards
An examination of court decisions (post-Misco ) in which arbitration decisions have been vacated on grounds other than “public policy.” Such grounds include contractual limits… Read More »Arbitration and the courts: Part 1. Erosion of the arbitration process by the courts: Can the award and opinion be immunized?
The author examines the disturbingly high percentage of FLRA reversals in cases where federal agencies appeal arbitration awards. Modifications and reversals fall primarily into two… Read More »FLRA review of arbitration awards
Poorly crafted arbitration awards invite judicial attack and frustrate the objective of finality. The authors assert that a competent final and binding award must 1)… Read More »The arbitration process: 2. Arbitral craftsmanship and competence
This report highlights major efforts during 1985-1986 to resolve or ameliorate the effects of labor-management disputes in the public sector. Addresses statutory, judicial and administrative… Read More »Report of the committee on public employment disputes settlement
A survey of the pooled knowledge and experience of judges, advocates, and arbitrators regarding how decisions come into being and how they are shaped by… Read More »Decisional thinkingWashington panel report
The author praises the appellate procedure for reviewing arbitration awards in the newspaper industry.
The author maintains that appellate review of arbitration awards in the newspaper industry is too costly, time-wasting and unproductive.