(Summary prepared by Lise Gelernter, NAA member) On February 23, 2023, a federal district court judge in Maryland ordered Starbucks to reinstate a worker...
by Lise Gelernter On December 8, 2022, the United States Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rolled back a short-lived Trump-era interlocutory appeal...
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 Martin H. Malin, Professor Emeritus, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Arbitrator, and Member of the NAA.) On November 1, 2021, a judge of the Cook...
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...
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...
A State Supreme Court and a Federal District Court in New Jersey Answer Two Questions the U.S. Supreme Court Left Unanswered About the FAA Exemption for...