The Alaska Supreme Court has unanimously held that an arbitrator didn’t commit “gross error” in awarding pre-judgment interest on a back pay award against the State, under the Public Employment Relations Act. The Court reasoned that the interest in effective arbitration overrode the requirement of express waiver of sovereign immunity, especially where the State had already agreed […]
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