Although changing life styles have given rise to new disciplinary issues, those issues are generally adequately resolved by application of already established arbitration standards and principles. Novel questions that arise…
A specialist in the field of “problem drinking, alcohol abuse and alcoholism” supports the concept of treating alcohol-related problems of employees as a disease. The author, writing at an early…
Alcohol is an “addictive drug” with a particular American concern, following the experiment with Prohibition. In industry, concern with alcoholism was centered on a “job performance criterion”; that is, whether…
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 through collective bargaining. In many…
The challenges confronting arbitrators in cases involving troubled employees, such as employees with chronic alcohol and drug issues. Remedies based on a traditional corrective discipline, a modified corrective discipline model,…
A discussion of the impact of substance abuse in the workplace, and related arbitration decisions. Different approaches taken by the parties and by arbitrators are discussed, as is whether drug…
A discussion of the experience of the Airline Pilots Association and U.S. carriers in addressing the problems of alcohol and substance abuse, and issues in arbitrating related cases. The impact…
A discussion of substance abuse issues from the perspective of an employer. The use of job performance approaches are advocated, with a limited joint labor-management approach. A more active role…
The author gives an overview of the public sector restraints on drug testing, and private sector issues including the unilateral institution of drug testing, drug screening techniques, random drug testing,…
The author states that drug testing is here to stay; that, when done correctly, it works; and that arbitrators have an obligation to apply the language of the CBA and…