A review of elements of expedited arbitration systems in Canada that have been successful in compressing hearings and in ensuring the rendering of prompt awards. Selection of arbitrators who understand…

An outline of fact-finding procedures for federal public service employees in Canada. The broad sentiment is that fact-finding tribunals should be eliminated in favor of mediation, a sentiment the author…

Observations on the Canadian experience and its focus on respecting the parties expectations and interest in stability and predictability, viewed as distinctive from the United States experience. Clarity and simplicity…

Significant developments for 1980 – including statutory, judicial, and related activity – in public employment disputes settlement at federal, state, and local levels in the United States and in Canada….

Interest arbitration in Canada is sufficiently similar to that in the U.S. so as not to warrant lengthy description. The author instead describes and comments on mediation combined with arbitration,…

The author describes the Academy as a progenitor of arbitration as a profession. He asserts, however, that “both the arbitration process and the National Academy are in a time of…

The author reviews the background and status of collective bargaining for Canadian “public-service” employees — government employees or those in the private sector providing essential services to the public. The…

Unlike the United States, in Canada, arbitration of disputes under a collective bargaining agreement is not voluntary but, rather, is required by law. Concomitantly, strikes and lockouts during the term…

The Academy’s Committee on Public Employment Disputes Settlement reports statutory developments in various states; developments in federal sector collective bargaining and arbitration; public-service bargaining in Canada; and significant judicial decisions….

Noting the growth of collective bargaining in the public employment sector in the United States, four Academy members report on the public employee dispute settlement processes in Sweden, Belgium, France,…