Keyword Search: Arbitration

SJC-10712: JOULE, INC. & others vs. RANDI SIMMONS

Argument: Not yet scheduled.

Keywords: Administrative Law - Arbitration - Discrimination - Employment

Question Presented: Whether an employee’s agreement to arbitrate all “claims and disputes” bars her from asserting claims before the Mass. Commission Against Discrimination.

Facts: The employee, Randi Simmons, signed an agreement shortly after beginning employment in which she agreed to arbitrate all disputes and claims, and acknowledged that she was waiving her right to …

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SJC-10569: BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY vs. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN AND OILERS, LOCAL 3

Argument: May 4, 2010

Keywords: Arbitration - Employment - Labor Unions - Public Employees

Question Presented: Whether an “evergreen clause” extending a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for public employees beyond three years is enforceable.

Facts: A CBA in force from 2001 to 2004 required the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to maintain a staff of 16 firemen, despite the fact that, by the year 2000, the …

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