A word of warning to drafters of arbitration clauses in employment contracts: If the agreement doesn’t define “just cause” for discipline, the arbitrator will fill in the meaning, and the parties are stuck with it.
That’s the import of a New Jersey Supreme Court decision on Tuesday, reinstating an arbitrator’s finding that suspension, not termination, was suitable punishment for high school custodian John Mizichko’s misbehavior.
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