Logical factual assumptions drawn from direct and circumstantial evidence. This includes the drawings of adverse inferences when a party fails to explain or...
A proceeding before an arbitrator at which parties present evidence and argument prior to a decision. Principles of due process, or basic fairness, apply at...
The individual employee protesting an employer’s actions. An employee may file a grievance on his/her own behalf or the Union may file a grievance on behalf...
A claim by a union or an individual that a term of the contract has been violated. In some settings an employer also can file a grievance. Grievances are...
Establishment by an employer that an employee’s on- or off-duty conduct likely would (or actually did) adversely impact the employer’s ability to conduct...
An amount of money awarded a wrongfully treated employee to make the employee whole for the loss of future work opportunities due to the employer’s wrongful...
A contractual agreement between parties submitting an issue to arbitration that once an award has been issued, its terms are final and binding upon both...
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens against self-incrimination in criminal trials. Not all arbitrators will extend this...
