April 02, 2024
A plastics manufacturer called on the Third Circuit to uphold an arbitration award that denied reinstatement to a fired worker in Delaware, contending that the arbitrator correctly used an evidentiary doctrine to block a rehire remedy because the company found out the worker was intoxicated after his termination.
March 05, 2024
A Delaware district court wrongly supported an arbitration award denying reinstatement of a worker who was found to be intoxicated from alcohol during his shift at a plastics manufacturer, a Teamsters local told the Third Circuit, saying the arbitrator didn't base his decision on the company's stated reason for termination.