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Allocation dispute procedures

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 28 2009

We have received some questions on how existing allocation disputes in multi-service celebrity endorsement deals should be resolved in light of the procedures adopted in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA"

A new year for dispute resolution out with the old and in with the new

  • Cobbetts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2009

On 13 November 2008 the Employment Act 2008 received Royal Assent and consequently the legislation which gave us the statutory dispute resolutions procedures, will be repealed (with a sigh of relief from all!

Drug and alcohol testing policies upheld by arbitrator keeping current

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 22 2009

Perhaps no current issue in Canadian labour and employment law provokes more discussion and divergent opinion than the issue of drug and alcohol testing

Arbitration clause in employment agreement found enforceable notwithstanding the invalidity of a “no appeal” clause

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 7 2009

The plaintiff sued the successor corporation of his former employer in state court alleging claims arising from the termination of his employment

Arbitration agreement: avoiding illegal agreements

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 8 2007

The Ninth Circuit recently cautioned employers attempting to enforce “take it or leave it” mandatory employment arbitration agreements

Preparing for modern awards

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • September 2 2009

Employment relationships are set to change with the introduction of the Fair Work Act 2009

Third Circuit affirms enforcement of arbitration award

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 4 2009

United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (“United”) brought an action in the Western District of Pennsylvania to enforce an arbitration award directing Neville Chemical Company to reinstate and make whole an employee it had improperly discharged

Employees must arbitrate discrimination claims only if arbitration agreement states clear intention

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 22 2009

In Warfield v. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that an employment contract purporting to waive or limit an employee’s rights under the Massachusetts anti-discrimination statute is enforceable only if the intent to do so is stated in “clear and unmistakable terms.”

SJC holds anti-discrimination policy trumps deference to labor arbitrators’ decisions

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 22 2009

In Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) v. Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589, the SJC reviewed two separate arbitration awards and held that a public employer may act contrary to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in order to remedy illegal discrimination

Supreme Court roundup

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 24 2008

The current United States Supreme Court term is a watershed for employment law jurisprudence