A grouping of employment positions or classifications that share a community of interest in a workplace. A bargaining unit is represented by a union in...
Wages required to be paid an employee upon an arbitrator’s finding that a discharge or layoff of an employee was not for just cause or was in violation of...
A method of dispute resolution provided by a collective bargaining agreement or other contract, typically with a final and binding decision to be rendered by...
When an arbitrator takes notice of statutes, case law, government regulations, or other facts of common and widespread knowledge whose accuracy is not...
The arbitrator’s jurisdiction or authority to hear a case. Substantive arbitrability objections involve whether or not the subject matter of the dispute is...
A written statement or declaration offered as a sworn document about a matter at issue. Arbitrators at times will permit the submission of an affidavit but...
The act of taking an arbitration award to court with the goal of overturning or modifying the arbitrator’s decision. The judicial grounds for overturning...
A person representing the grievant(s) or the employer who presents the grievant’s or employer’s position, evidence, and arguments to an arbitrator. The...
A representative of one party to an arbitration who is called as a witness by the opposing party, as when a grievant is called by an employer or a supervisor...