The negotiation by an employer and a bargaining agent of terms and conditions of employment governing the members of a bargaining unit. When successful, their...
A doctrine barring evidence about a fact or issue that was subject to prior adjudication from being offered in a subsequent arbitration. This concept is...
The burden of going forward refers to the party with the obligation to present evidence first on a matter in dispute. The phrase “burden of proof,” or...
A written summary of facts and legal principles related to a dispute. A post- hearing brief often is used instead of a closing statement (or closing argument)...
Dividing a labor arbitration hearing to permit the separate consideration of arbitrability questions and the merits of the case. Bifurcation also may refer to...
