WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME: John W. Boyer, Jr., Ph.D.

DATE OF BIRTH: 4/16/38

EDUCATION:

B.S. - Business & Economics - University of Minnesota, Duluth (1960)

M.A.-Educational Administration & Economics -University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1962)

Ph.D. - Industrial Relations - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1970)

OCCUPATION:

Principal: Prof of Industrial Relations

Secondary: Arbitrator

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Industrial Relations Research Association, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, National Academy of Arbitrators

EXPERIENCE: (Issues & Sector/Industry) Over 30 years' experience, panel and single arbitration, in conventional, final-offer by issue, and med-arb situations. Employers included municipalities, school districts, counties, regional governmental organizations, states and a variety of exclusive representatives. Has developed national recognition as a practicing arbitrator in both the private and public sectors and is on the Regional and National Panels of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Panel of American Arbitration Association, National Mediation Board, and State panels in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. More than 75 arbitration decisions have been published in Labor Arbitration Reports, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C., Public Sector Arbitration Awards, The Labor Relations Press, Philadelphia, and Labor Arbitration Awards, Commerce Clearing House, Inc., Chicago. During early 1960s for Kaiser Steel and Aluminum and United Steel Workers of America. A frequent guest speaker and trainer at professional and industrial meetings such as International Personnel Managers' Association, American Society for Training and Development, and Society for Human Resource Management and at seminars at Cornell University, University of Michigan, University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), Michigan State University and McGill University (Canada).

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

$900 per hearing day(s) and scheduled travel day(s), if applicable

Docketing Fee - No charge

Cancellation Fee or Change of Hearing Date - $900.00 per scheduled hearing date(s), and scheduled travel if applicable, within twenty-one (21) days of scheduled date(s)

Other - Actual costs incurred for travel, lodging, etc. Nominal administrative charge for clerical, telephone and postage averaging $500 per case

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

09/99

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