Last summer (July 2016) we posted a summary of a decision by the Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth, which dealt with a "who decides" arbitrability...
Calling it an "unsurprising" decision, Sarah Cole at Indisputably and Imre Szalai at Outsourcing Justice comment on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
In her blog, My Consumer Tips, Professor Amy Schmitz (University of Missouri School of Law) discusses the recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in...
As we noted in an earlier post, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases involving the enforceability of class action waivers contained as part...
Arbitrator, and NAA member James Oakley Q.C. summarizes a report from the Dispute Resolution Services at the Ontario Ministry of Labour that compares wage...
Mediation and other ADR procedures Arbitrators in Canada frequently mediate labour management disputes, prior to proceeding with the arbitration hearing. The...
Arbitration Awards In Canada, labour management arbitration awards are public by legislation. For example, under Canadian Federal jurisdiction, every...
Sources of legal authority In Canada, labour-management arbitration is both contractual and legislative. Unions and employers usually agree to grievance and...
Conclusion Labour management arbitration, as described in this paper, has features, such as simplified rules, that meet the objectives of recent reports on...
Conduct of the Arbitration Hearing The arbitration hearing is usually more informal than a civil trial in court. In Canada, the hearings are rarely recorded...