Dunsford posits that Carroll Daugherty’s “seven tests” of just cause are misleading in substance and distracting in application, and disputes that the tests are part of the “common law” of…
Just cause and the troubled employee
Daniel G. Collins, Linda Lamkin, Thomas R. Miller, Susan M. Oliver
January 1, 1988 Proceedings Database
A discussion of whether, in assessing the appropriateness of discipline or discharge, arbitrators should take into account “distractions” (such as the employee’s marital, family, financial or legal problems) that cause…
Three of Arbitrator Carroll Daugherty’s seven tests of just cause pertain to predisciplinary due process, also referred to as investigatory due process. The three are (1) an effort to discover…
A survey of Academy members, concerning the circumstances under which they will mitigate discipline based upon the denial of due process.
An introduction to three articles: 1) “harmless error” vs. due process under the Dougherty seven tests; 2) the assertion that substantive due process requires “fairness”; 3) procedural due process and…
An assessment of the relevance of the procedural due process criteria of Arbitrator Carroll Daugherty’s seven tests for just cause, and the “harmful error” standard of the Federal Civil Service…
The authors posit that there has been a shift, from (a) Arbitrators’ deference to an employer’s imposition of discharge absent arbitrariness or abuse of discretion to (b) the de novo…
How and why labor arbitrators decide discipline and discharge cases. An empirical examination.
Stephen F. Befort, Mario F. Bognanno, Laura J. Cooper, Nels E. Nelson, Theodore J. St. Antoine
January 16, 2007 Proceedings Database
A statistical analysis of over 2,000 discipline and discharge arbitration decisions and the rationale given in those cases in which the discharge penalty was mitigated. Concepts such as the quantum…