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 October 23, the NYT published Professor Zack's letter responding to the NYT editorial early in October regarding the arbitration of police disciplinary...
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...
With bi-coastal consistency, both the First Circuit (Boston) and Ninth Circuit (Seattle) Courts of Appeals recently ruled that “last mile” delivery drivers...
In a decision issued on July 31, 2020, the federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reminded the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) of the...
In this interview that follows one year after his presentation at the NAA’s 2019 Annual Meeting, MIT Professor and Academy member Tom Kochan summarizes three...
In one of the first lawsuits filed over working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) requested a federal...
MINI-SYMPOSIUM THE FUTURE OF WORK, WORKERS, and WORKPLACE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Two prominent arbitrators-scholars kick off this mini-symposium by emphasizing...
Many non-unionized companies now require employees and independent contractors to agree to arbitrate all their claims against the company instead of going to...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a policy of deferring to arbitrators’ awards that deal with factual scenarios that may also constitute unfair...
