The business owner can often make the choice between arbitration or lawsuit. Where do you want to be if there is a dispute with one of your employees? In litigating employment cases, I have stood before a jury of twelve people and watched their reaction to the story of an employee who was allegedly terminated… Continue Reading »
Gary Klein worked as a floor hand on a drilling rig for Nabors Drilling USA L.P. (Nabors). Nabors asked him to sign an acknowledgment, as a condition of his employment, that he would agree to bring all disputes through the Nabors Dispute Resolution Program (Program). At some point Nabors fired Mr. Klein. Believing that he was fired… Continue Reading »
Mediation is often thought of only as an effective resolution to settling lawsuits. However, this is only one use for mediation and every day there is potential alternative dispute resolution scenarios in the workplace when there are disputes between employees, between supervisors and employees, between upper management and lower or middle management. How many times… Continue Reading »
