American Arbitration Association Offers Labor Arbitration Awards Exclusively via the LexisNexis Services
LexisNexis and American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently announced a strategic relationship to deliver a new electronic collection of searchable Labor Arbitration Awards exclusively through the LexisNexis services. AAA is the world leader in dispute-resolution services and has arbitrators throughout the United States to resolve labor-management disputes for the public and private sectors.
Now www.lexis.com offers the top sources for labor arbitration decisions—
BNA® Labor Arbitration Reports, CCH® Labor Arbitration Awards and AAA Labor Arbitration Awards—bringing together thousands of decisions for a compelling research solution.
The AAA Labor Arbitration Awards resource, available on the main www.lexis.com Labor & Employment source menu or via the short name LABOR;AAALAB, represents the first time the AAA has ever collected the full-text private opinions of their labor arbitrators for publication. Some of the industries covered in AAA Labor Arbitration Awards include: Education; Food Service; Health Care; Law Enforcement; Manufacturing; Media; Retail; Sports & Entertainment; Federal, State, and Local Government; Transportation; and Utilities.
In accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, names and other sensitive information are removed from the text of the awards to protect the privacy of individuals involved, but the names of the arbitrators and attorneys are included in the decisions.
Topics covered include:
- Absenteeism
- Agency
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Arbitration Panels
- Arbitrator Authority
- Bargaining units
- Class action grievances
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Compensation
- Constructive discharge
- Crimes and criminal records
- Discipline
- Employment Benefits
- Evidence
- Family and Medical Leave
- Grievance procedures
- Hearing procedures
- Insubordination
- Layoffs and reductions in force
- Misconduct
- Overtime
- Seniority
- Sexual harassment
- Subcontracting
- Termination
- Unemployment compensation
- Work stoppages
For example, to search AAA Labor Arbitration Awards for opinions on issues arising from employee contribution changes to medical insurance benefits:
PATH: Legal tab > Labor & Employment > AAA Labor Arbitration Awards
SEARCH: health care OR medical OR insurance /10 premium OR cost /10 contribut!
