(Summary prepared by Lise Gelernter, NAA member) On February 23, 2023, a federal district court judge in Maryland ordered Starbucks to reinstate a worker...
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous 8-0 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas in Southwest Airlines v. Saxon, has rejected an employer argument that...
The recently passed Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act amends the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). It may impact labor...
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a statute passed in 2017 that states, " public employer shall not deter or discourage public employees or...
(By Paula Knopf, a labour relations and dispute resolution arbitrator and mediator and member of the NAA.) The Supreme Court of Canada has continued its...
Over the last few months the Federal Sector Arbitration Committee and the State and Local Public Sector Committee of the National Academy of Arbitrators issued...
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21 changed working conditions for millions of Canadians quickly and dramatically. Employers responded by requiring employees to...
By Lise Gelernter (Member, National Academy of Arbitrators) On March 4, 2021, the West Virginia Legislature approved a law that outlaws public employee...
The NAA's State and Local Public Sector Committee has issued its 2020 Annual Report. The Committee was created in April 2020 with the task of preparing an...
On July 2020, the National Academy of Arbitrators sponsored a webinar titled “What Will the Day After Tomorrow Look Like.” The program, moderated by Alan...