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Second Circuit Vacates Decision Denying Arbitration

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a decision holding that a union could not compel arbitration of a grievance related to an expired collective bargaining agreement....more

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Second Circuit Renders Important Decision on Vested Retiree Benefits

In a significant ruling on February 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed the enforceability of an arbitration provision in an expired collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in the case of Xerox...more

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Arbitrator's Power to Alter Discipline Affirmed by Michigan Court, with a Caveat on CBA Clarity

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Can a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) limit the authority of a labor arbitrator to determine the appropriateness of a disciplinary punishment? It can, but only when the CBA clearly says so, reiterated the Michigan Court...more

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Second Circuit Clarifies Standards for Applying Presumption in Favor of Arbitration

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently clarified its process for determining whether a court can apply a presumption of arbitrability. The court noted that its traditional process for making that determination does not...more

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Third Circuit Rules That Arbitration Agreements in CBAs Without Durational Clauses do not Survive the Expiration of the CBAs

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Executive Summary: It is quite rare when a three-judge panel on a court of appeals overrules prior precedent. Yet, that is exactly what happened on March 30, 2022, in Pittsburgh Mailers Union Local 22 v. PG Publishing Co....more

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COVID-19 Labor & Employment Litigation Tracker (UPDATED)

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Since March 12, there have been 1,914 lawsuits (including 152 class actions) filed against employers due to alleged labor and employment violations related to the coronavirus....more

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Fourth Circuit Declines to Vacate Arbitration Award Where Challenge to the Award Was Nothing More Than an Ordinary Disagreement...

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Tecnocap LLC appealed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, where it declined to vacate an arbitration award in favor of an employee and labor union in a grievance proceeding...more

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Employer Challenges Arbitrator Award Which Held Positive Drug Test for Cocaine Insufficient to Prove Just Cause

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A beverage wholesaler has appealed an arbitration award to federal court where the Company discharged a CDL driver who tested positive for cocaine. The arbitrator had ruled that the Company did not have...more

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Overruling District Court, Second Circuit Affirms Individual Employees Are Bound By Arbitration Award Prosecuted By Their Union

On July 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) handed down what amounts to a significant win for the collectively-bargained dispute-resolution process set forth in the...more

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Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

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Third Circuit Affirms District Court Decision to Vacate Arbitration Award

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This case arises out of a dispute over a provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. and its employee, who was represented in the action by United Steel, Paper and...more

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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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[Event] Master Class - Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change - February 27th, San Francisco, CA

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Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change” Master Class. This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline...more

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Second Circuit Sends Home Care Worker’s Putative Class Claims to Union Arbitration on an Individual Basis

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On July 2, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed a significant victory to New York’s home care industry.  In Abdullayeva v. Attending Home Care Services, the appellate court reversed a lower court’s...more

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No Preemption Where Labor Code Doesn’t Require Consulting A CBA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that the Labor Management Relations Act does not preempt claims under the Labor Code where a defense requires little more than referring to a collective bargaining...more

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Southwest Airlines Biometric Information Case Dismissed—Sent to Arbitration

We have been following litigation surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and noting that many employers have been sued for using fingerprints for employees to clock into their jobs....more

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Second Circuit Affirms Court’s Confirmation Of Multiple Arbitration Awards

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This matter involved appeals by appellant Best Made Floors Inc. (“Best Made”) from a December 22, 2016 corrected judgment of a district court confirming two arbitration awards in favor of appellees, and from the district...more

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Is the Inability to Perform the Required Duties of the Job Just Cause for a Public Employee’s Discharge? It Depends. (PART I)

In November 2017, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued an opinion concerning an arbitrator’s reinstatement of a state correctional officer (“CO”). The CO was responsible for monitoring inmates who worked on the...more

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Seventh Circuit Says: Clear Error Standard Applies To Court Review Of Withdrawal Liability Arbitrator’s CBA Interpretation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit has now applied a clear error standard of review to a withdrawal liability arbitrator’s interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement, thus enhancing the role of the arbitrator in...more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Declines to Find Section 301 Pre-Emption of Discrimination and Retaliation Claims

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Appellate Division reinstated plaintiff’s state law discrimination and retaliation claims, finding the claims were not pre-empted by Section 301 of the LMRA....more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Dismissal Of Plaintiff’s Procedural Due Process Claim

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In this action, plaintiff Sherri Roberts appealed a Montana federal district court’s order which granted her former employer/defendant Lame Deer Public Schools’ summary judgment motion because plaintiff’s procedural due...more

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