PHR · Question #30
As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with the collective bargaining agreements and the process that rights are given, contracts, and union and management cooperation. Consider an arbitration pr
The correct answer is C. Decision. In labor arbitration, when an arbitrator resolves a contract dispute by interpreting the collective bargaining agreement's language, the formal term for that determination is a 'Decision'.
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As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with the collective bargaining agreements and the process that rights are given, contracts, and union and management cooperation. Consider an arbitration process between the management and the union. What term is assigned to the resolution of the disagreement, by an arbitrator's interpretation of the language of the contract?
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- AResolution
- BInterpretation
- CDecision
- DOutcome
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A14% (7)
- B6% (3)
- C76% (38)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
In labor arbitration, when an arbitrator resolves a contract dispute by interpreting the collective bargaining agreement's language, the formal term for that determination is a 'Decision'.
Resolution is a general, informal term for ending a disagreement and is not the designated arbitration term for the arbitrator's formal interpretation-based ruling.
Interpretation describes the analytical process the arbitrator applies to contract language, not the name of the formal ruling or determination that results from completing that process.
In collective bargaining arbitration, a 'Decision' is the specific technical term for the arbitrator's formal and binding ruling that resolves a dispute through interpretation of contract language. This is the standard term recognized in labor relations practice and by bodies such as the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to describe the authoritative outcome rendered by the arbitrator.
Outcome is a generic descriptor for any result and carries no specific technical meaning within the defined procedures of labor arbitration.
Concept tested: Labor arbitration decision and contract interpretation
Source: https://www.fmcs.gov/services/arbitration/
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