LABOR JUDGES - INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
KEYWORDS: LABOR LAW

The Supreme Court has decided that it will appoint 1000 lay judges by the fall of 2005 to serve on labor-industrial tribunals to handle labor - management disputes. It will choose 500 lay judges from labor unions and 500 from management. The judges will have initial two year terms and possible re-appointment. They are expected to handle 1000 - 2000 cases per year.

Under the system, disputes will be settled at district courts either through regular litigation or arbitration with the labor lay judges. In the case of arbitration, it will be conducted by a 3 judge panel, made up of a regular judge and one labor and one management lay judges. If the settlement is rejected it is still possible to file regular litigation. The settlement could constitute a legally binding document. 

Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Attorney Roderick H. Seeman

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