Some employers force employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements as a term of employment (or continued employment) and then use those provisions to force employees» discrimination or sexual harassment cases
into arbitration hearings and away from court trials.
Not exact matches
In addition to providing an overview of new accident benefits
arbitration process under the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT), which came
into effect on April 1, 2016, Michelle will share valuable anecdotal discussion of what counsel have experienced so far on both sides, such as evidentiary and production issues at the case conference stage and before a
hearing, what evidence adjudicators are looking for or emphasizing, the format of the
hearing (written, oral, hybrid), witness issues, etc..
The SCC will also decide whether transcripts from meetings held in camera during unionized labour disputes can be ordered
into testimony at
arbitration hearings.
We are well known for hosting
arbitration hearings in our fully supported 5,000 square foot
arbitration center located in New York City's Financial District as well as for our Mobile
Arbitration Kit (MAK), a fully integrated audio / visual tech system which transforms an empty room
into a turnkey
hearing / court room setting.
SIAC
arbitration involving the cancellation of a contract for the import of a cargo of coal
into India (involving governmental restrictions on the use of imported coal in India in favour of the use of domestic coal), culminating in a 5 - day
hearing in Singapore.
While this might be beneficial, at least in the sense that the non-prevailing party might understand, if not appreciate, the basis on which the award was based, there has been an on - going concern that, given the task of comprehensively and accurately articulating all of the acts and factors that are taken
into account by an
arbitration panel in rendering its award, there might be an understandable (and possibly unavoidable) tendency to oversimplify or generalize the basis on which an award was made, with the resulting explanation or rationale or «findings», whether written or oral, being relied on by the non-prevailing party (and likely by others) as «precedent» to be introduced and relied on at future
arbitration hearings.