Alternative dispute resolution in the workplace : concepts and techniques for human resource executives and their counsel / E. Patrick McDermott with Arthur Eliot Berkeley.
1996
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Title
Alternative dispute resolution in the workplace : concepts and techniques for human resource executives and their counsel / E. Patrick McDermott with Arthur Eliot Berkeley.
Published
Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1996.
Call Number
KF3424 .M38 1996
ISBN
1567200559 (alk. paper)
Description
xxii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)34078446
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-171) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I
The Changing Legal and Legislative Landscape
1
Federal Case Law: Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
3
The Rise of Alternative Dispute Resolution
5
Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. Revisited - The Gilmer Decision
6
Post-Gilmer Federal Decisions Supporting Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Workplace
8
Legislation
13
The Gilmer Decision, the Federal Arbitration Act, and Their Relationship to State Law
18
The Rise of Employment Litigation
22
The Cost of Employment Litigation
25
State Law and Breach of Contract Claims
30
State Tort Claims
31
Whistleblower Laws
33
Sexual Harassment
34
The Increasing Attractiveness of Alternative Dispute Resolution to Counsel, Employers, and Employees
34
Employee Feedback on Arbitration of Employment Law Disputes
36
The Advantages of Pre-dispute Agreements to Arbitrate
36
The Disadvantages of Pre-dispute Agreements
39
II
Varieties of Alternative Dispute Resolution
49
Open Door Policy
49
Peer Review
50
Ombudsman
51
Union-management Model
52
Employer-run Dispute Resolution Procedures
59
Mediation
63
Mediation-arbitration
64
Fact Finding
65
The Role of Counsel
65
III
The Trend: Corporate Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs
67
Alternative Dispute Resolution Models
69
How to Implement a Binding Pre-dispute Agreement to Arbitrate
75
The Design of a Binding Arbitration Procedure
79
Model Clauses
82
Travelers Group: Dispute Resolution Procedure
108
Travelers Group: Employment Arbitration Policy
110
Mediation
117
Appendix
123
App
Brown & Root Dispute Resolution Program
125
App
The Brown & Root Dispute Resolution Plan and Rules
145
App
Employment Legal Consultation Plan
161
Bibliography
167
Index
173