MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations is offering an eGuidebook on Arbitration of Employment Disputes: Making it Fair and Making it Stick.

This eGuidebook focuses on the necessary characteristics of an arbitration program to resolve employment disputes.  As more employers turn to arbitration as an alternative to expensive and lengthy litigation, some agreements to arbitrate have not been enforced because they do not meet the minimum requirements to make the agreement to arbitrate conscionable.  In addition, if arbitration is intended to resolve statutory claims, courts look for certain standards in the program to ensure that employees are treated fairly.   If an employer’s arbitration program adheres to these standards, the employer may be able to resolve employment disputes without litigation.  Even if the employee still files a complaint, a solid arbitration program will be subject to only limited judicial review of the arbitrator’s decision.

 

This eGuidebook was created as a supplemental resource to the web presentation and is automatically included with the purchase of the on-demand Webinar Arbitration of Employment Disputes. 

 
Content Expert
Stacy Hickox is an assistant professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University (MSU).  As an attorney, she practiced in the areas of employment and labor law, including claims of discrimination, unemployment compensation, and wage and hour claims. Before joining MSU, she practiced in the area of disability law at Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service. Ms. Hickox also taught for several years at MSU's law school, including courses in employment law, disability law, and civil rights. She has written a book on the Americans with Disabilities Act and several law review articles on various employment law topics. Ms. Hickox attended the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.