December 18, 2023
An arbitrator was within his rights to deny a wrongfully fired worker reinstatement to his longtime manufacturing job, a Delaware federal judge ruled Monday, approving the arbitrator's decision to lock the worker out based on the company's suspicion he drank on work premises the day he was fired.
May 02, 2022
A plastics manufacturer asked a Delaware federal judge to preserve its win in a dispute over whether an ex-employee deserves reinstatement and back pay after his firing was deemed unjustified, saying the arbitrator was within his rights not to issue that specific remedy.
November 03, 2021
A Teamsters local is asking a Delaware federal judge to reverse an arbitration ruling that found a plastics manufacturing company fired a worker without just cause but did not order his reinstatement, saying the arbitrator exceeded his authority under the parties' collective bargaining agreement.