Ahead of the Curve
October 20, ONLINE
You are Invited to Participate in a Cornell Law School and Cornell Law Association Web Seminar CLE Program Co-sponsored with the ILR School.
Ahead of the Curve -- Resolving Statutory (and other) Workplace
Discrimination Claims in Arbitration Under Collectively Bargained Agreements
Featured Speaker: Jay W. Waks, BS '68, JD '71 ~ Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP (Bio)
Collectively bargained arbitration is hospitable to resolving the statutory claims of individual workers, just as it has been successful in resolving collective workplace claims, according to last term's U.S. Supreme Court decision in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett (4-1-09). Arbitration of statutory claims under labor agreements has many advantages for workers, labor unions and employers. Nevertheless, lower courts already have voiced concern about protecting workers' statutory rights, and some unions and employers are not prepared to expand the role of labor arbitration to cover these claims. This web seminar will explore the law and the practical advantages and disadvantages of applying labor arbitration to workplace discrimination.
The intended audience is lawyers and other professionals who have an interest in labor arbitration, employment discrimination and the resolution of workers' rights. The seminar will be presented by Jay W. Waks, ILR '68 & LAW '71, a partner in the Litigation department of Kaye Scholer LLP, and Chair of its national Employment & Labor Law practice.
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
You will need a computer with internet access and a phone to participate.
Cost: $20 per person
Please RSVP Online or by contacting the Law School Alumni Affairs Office at 607.255.5251 by Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Once registered, you will be emailed log on information a day prior to the event.
See Who's Coming
Open To: Alumni, Faculty, and Public
Contact Info: Alumni Affairs by phone at 607-255-5251 or by email at alumni@lawschool.cornell.edu