Arbitration
Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Arbitration
Mr. Shaller has served as arbitrator of labor and employment disputes in a wide variety of private and public sector cases. He is a member of many arbitrator rosters and permanent panels. Issues involved in recent cases include:
- Discipline and discharge
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation
- Contract interpretation
- Employment contracts
- Seniority rights
- Wage-hour
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Overtime
- Bargaining unit work
- Performance evaluations
- Employee theft and dishonesty
- Workplace violence
- Promotion
- Overtime
- ERISA
- Drug and alcohol use
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Arbitrability
- Staffing
- Subcontracting/contracting out
- Reduction in force/layoff
- Health and insurance benefits
- Job classifications
- Schedules/assignments/bidding
- Past practice
- Management rights
- Employee benefits
Mr. Shaller has also served as arbitrator in employee benefits cases. These cases have included the resolution of Trustee deadlocks between Union and Employer Trustees of Benefit Trust Funds and withdrawal liability disputes.