(Added to the Glossary, December 2016) As a rule, except for offenses that are egregious, discipline will be assessed in some system of increasing severity...
While less formal than trials, arbitration practice involves the use of some specialized vocabulary. To assist the reader with understanding those terms,...
A provision in a labor agreement, sometimes also known as an integration clause, which states that the agreement is a full and complete understanding of the...
A violation of a national or state labor law by management or a union. Principal examples include interference with organizing, discrimination against an...
After a party believes it has established that there is no material question of fact in the case before the arbitrator, that party may ask for summary judgment...
Used by parties who wish to present a dispute to an arbitrator in the absence of a collective bargaining procedure or other employment agreement that...
The principle that prior arbitration decisions should serve as a guide or precedent and control the determination of the arbitrator’s decision in the case at...