ADR In The Workplace (American Casebook Series)

ADR in the Workplace (American Casebook Series)

Arbitration, mediation, and other forms of alternativedispute resolution now have largely replaced litigation as themeans of resolving all kinds of employment disputes in avariety of workplaces. These dispute resolution processesfundamentally alter the advocate’s role and even thedefinition of employee legal rights. Disputes involvingunionized workers have been resolved in arbitration for morethan fifty years, but increasingly the process is being adaptedto address the statutory and common law rights of nonunionemployees. Issues such as employment discriminationthat earlier would have been litigated are often now resolvedin mediation.This textbook uses essays, arbitration awards, and courtdecisions to bring to the classroom the reality ofcontemporary workplace decision-making. Itcomprehensively addresses the substance and procedure forarbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolutionmechanisms. The employment arbitration materials, inparticular,