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Labor Arbitrator Authorized to Void Agreement Based on Mutual Mistake

By Liz Kramer on May 15, 2014
Posted in Appealing Arbitration Decisions

This week the Eighth Circuit confronted an interesting question: if a union member believed he failed a drug test, and therefore agreed his employer could terminate him if he tested positive again, can the arbitrator invalidate that agreement if the union member never actually failed the drug test? The appellate court answered yes, reversing the…

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