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Skills Based Training 

Location:         Municipal Employee Retirement Service (MERS)
                     1134 Municipal Way
                     Lansing, MI.
                         MLMA Office (734) 354-8736 or (517) 347-2463
                     (800) 767-6377 (Directions only)

8:30 a.m.    Registration, Continental Breakfast

9:oo a.m.    Introductions and Session #1
Grievance Arbitration
a.      Session #1 – Panel:  Stanley Dobry and Elaine Frost and  Mary Bedikian, Professor, Director, ADR Program, MSU College of Law

                                                                           i.      Theme -  The Arbitration Process

                                                                         ii.      Arbitration process, contract provisions and interpretations, discipline, discharge and just cause, past practice. Preparation for arbitration, winning / settling.

                                                                       iii.      How to prepare for arbitration. What are arbitrators expecting in a case presentation - evidence, witnesses, closing statements and post hearing briefs?  

Break 11:00 a.m.

11:15a.m.
Grievance Mediation
a.      Session #2 - Panel:   Mark Cousens, Law Offices of Mark Cousens and  Robert Chiaravalli, CEO Strategic Labor and Human
                                           Resources, LLC, and  James Spalding, Labor Mediator, Michigan Dept of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth

                                                     i.      Theme – The Grievance Mediation Process

                                    ii.  Grievance mediation overview - value of settlement, procedures, time frame, resolution

12:45 p.m.  Closing Remarks

Download Brochure Here (PDF)       Handout,  Read prior to attending the program.

Registration Fees:       $119.00 Walk-in
                                         $  89.00  Per Person,  MLMA Members
                                        $109.00  Per Person,
                                         $ 99.00   Per Person  4 or more from same organization
                                     

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Last modified: 02/18/2010