With bi-coastal consistency, both the First Circuit (Boston) and Ninth Circuit (Seattle) Courts of Appeals recently ruled that “last mile” delivery drivers...
In light of recent developments related to the Covid-19 outbreak, and given the advice to practice social distancing, we share with you Videoconferencing...
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) has applied to the Federal Court of Canada for an Order against Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) for contempt of...
The National Labor Relations Board, in MV Transportation, Inc., Case 28-CA-173726 (September 10, 2019), has expanded the ability of employers to make...
There are several methods by which arbitrators are selected by the parties to a dispute: (1) Parties may request a “strike” list of arbitrators from an...
Generally, arbitration is perceived as a less expensive and quicker method than litigation of resolving labor/management disputes. Especially in a setting...
In private sector arbitration the arbitration process is private. But even in public sector arbitration, arbitrators do not comment on cases before them for...
An arbitrator may hold a hearing in the absence of one party so long as the absent party received fair notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing but...
In some cases the parties to a dispute will mutually frame an issue for the arbitrator to decide prior to the start of the arbitration hearing. Occasionally,...
Most arbitration takes place pursuant to contract, and the arbitrator’s authority is derived from and limited to enforcement of contract terms rather...
