Getting out of J.A.M.S.; ADR provider's new policy discourages companies from requiring arbitration of employee disputes

Article Abstract:

JAMS/Endispute Inc. has new policies discouraging companies from forcing employees into binding arbitration of their disputes as a condition for the job or for promotion. The company will no longer accept cases not allowing for all civil procedural rights and full remedies. Punitive damages and legal fees must be part of the remedies. The NLRB and the EEOC have also claimed that forced arbitration violates civil rights and is an unfair labor practice.

Management, Dispute resolution (Law), EnDispute Inc.

---

New ground for asylum; threatened female genital mutilation is persecution

Article Abstract:

The US Board of Immigration Appeals has ruled that threatened female genital mutilation constitutes persecution under the federal immigration law and given Fauziya Kasinga of the West African country of Togo asylum in this country to escape it. The INS does not expect many such requests and this one came before the summary exclusion provisions of the new anti-terrorism law.

Cases, Asylum, Right of, Right of asylum, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law, Female circumcision, United States. Board of Immigration Appeals

---

And the winner is... arbitrators to resolve disputes as they arise at Olympics

Article Abstract:

The International Court for the Arbitration of Sport (ICAS) has 20 members drawn from international sports federations, the International Olympic Committee and the Assn of National Olympic Committees. The court has 100 arbitrators from sports and judicial backgrounds. The court will resolve disputes at the Atlanta Olympics according to Swiss law.

Switzerland, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Sports law, international

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Election campaign propaganda: Board policy then and now. Arbitrating employee intellectual property disputes. Weingarten through the looking glass
• Abstracts: Courting trouble: emergence of common-law courts raises concerns among critics
• Abstracts: Getting a fix on fees: computers chip away at hourly billing in real estate matters. Real reform
• Abstracts: South Africa, India secure U.S. marks; recent Commonwealth decisions should benefit U.S. companies doing business in these forums
• Abstracts: Investment partnerships receive guidance from final regs on distribution of marketable securities. More guidance is needed on master/feeder fund earnings and profits

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.