WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

                                          ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

NAME:                                   Stephen A. Bard

 

MAILING ADDRESS:        7418 Cahill Road

Edina, MN. 55439

 

TELEPHONE: Business:       (952) 930-3979

FAX:                                       (952) 930-3979                      

 

E-mail:                                    bardst@aol.com

 

DATE OF BIRTH:                 April 1, 1941

 

EDUCATION:                        Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN - Salutatorian

University of Pennsylvania; University of Minnesota - B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa; University of Minnesota - LLB

 

OCCUPATION:                     Principal:   Arbitrator             Secondary:  Attorney

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: FMCS; Minnesota BMS, WERC 

 

EXPERIENCE: (Issues & Sector/Industry) 

 

            Grievance:       Beginning in 1976, have averaged approximately 10 cases per year.  Issues range: Arbitrability, bargaining unit work, holidays and holiday pay, job classes, job evaluation, management rights, overtime, past practice, scheduling, seniority, severance pay, training, vacations and vacation pay, promotions, reassignments, discipline, comparable worth statute, etc.  Public and private sectors in numerous industries..

 

            Interest:           Beginning in 1978, averaging 1-2 cases per year.  Conventional issue by issue arbitrations and final offer arbitrations..

 

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

               

            Per diem:                                                                     $900   

            Cancellation -  Cancelled between

                                    seven and twenty-one         

                                    days before hearing:                            $450

                                    Cancelled less than seven

                                    days before scheduled

                                     hearing date                                        $900 + expenses

            Docketing Fee:                                                                       $100.00 per party

            Out-of-Pocket Expenses:

                           

                        Mileage:                                                          50 cents per mile

                        Secretarial Services:    Inhouse:                       $18.00 per hour

                                                             Outside Service:         Actual cost incurred.

                        Photocopies:                                                    15 cents per copy

                        *Long Distance, Hotels, Meals, Travel:          Actual costs incurred.

 

* Non-refundable portions of airfares and hotel reservations booked in advance will be charged in the event of settlement or cancellation.

 

            NOTE:      The arbitrator shall not charge any fee other than the above stated fees.

01/2011

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