Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Alaska Supreme Court: NELA Submits Amicus Brief on Shared Costs in Mandatory Arbitration

The National Employment Lawyers Association, the employee rights group, has submitted an amicus brief in Gibson v. Nye Frontier Ford, S-13064, in which the Alaska Supreme Court granted a petition for review on the validity of a pre-dispute arbitration policy that requires the employee to pay 50 % of the forum costs.  Superior Court Judge John Suddock upheld that […]

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

DAlaska: Court Upholds NANA Shareholder Preference at Red Dog

U. S. District Judge Ralph Beistline has held that Teck Cominco’s employment preference for NANA shareholders at its Red Dog mine outside Kotzebue doesn’t violate either Title VII or Alaska’s Title 18. 
In his Order of July 21, 2008, Beistline first held that the employee hadn’t shown he was qualified for the position., and that, even if he had, the employee […]

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Filed under Title VII, Title 18