The Arbitrator's guidelines for your Hearing
A. Introduction. The Arbitrator has developed the following guidelines, primarily to streamline the process and to ensure the Parties create a clean and indisputable record at the hearing. If at all possible, please follow these guidelines in hearings before me. That said, please understand that these are guidelines only, as the Arbitrator recognizes that her arbitrable powers come from the Parties’ applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement, Master Agreement, administrative rules, statute or ordinance (in the case of an interest arbitration or fact-finding) or other controlling document (collectively, the Agreement). Thus, if any of the below guidelines conflict with the Agreement, the Agreement controls.
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