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1:20-cv-09050
New York Southern
Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations
Jed S. Rakoff
A New York Hilton hotel operator and union workers have settled the company's lawsuit in federal court over a severance pay dispute with workers laid off due to COVID-19, saying they have voluntarily dismissed the suit and each party will bear its own costs and fees.
An arbitrator unfairly applied his version of "rough industrial judgment" when making a Hilton operator pay severance to workers laid off due to COVID-19, the company has told a New York federal court in a brief opposing a hotel union's motion to dismiss its suit.
A New York City hotel operator has asked a federal court to toss an arbitration order to pay severance to workers laid-off due to COVID-19, arguing the award ignores its union contract.