ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME: Sherwood
Malamud
MAILING ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE: Business: (608) 251‑3400 Residence: (608) 256‑2925
Fax: (608)
255-7250 E-Mail: malamud@sbcglobal.net
DATE OF BIRTH: 7‑7‑43
EDUCATION: B.A. in
Political Science,
Jewish Theological Seminary 1967;
OCCUPATION: Principal: Arbitrator/Mediator Secondary:
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: National
Academy of Arbitrators; Chair - State Bar of Wisconsin Labor & Employment
Law Section, 1996-97; American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law
Section; Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services; LERA; ACR. Admitted to
practice law in WI & PA; Nat. Med. Board.
EXPERIENCE: (Issues & Sector/Industry)
Full-time arbitration practice since July, 1983
Permanent Umpire for
Panel arbitrator, UMWA
and Old Ben Coal Company;
WERC staff member, June
1973‑1983
Private Sector Industries: Agriculture, coal,
communications, construction, dairy, distillery, electrical equipment, feed and
fertilizer, lumber, machinery, manufacturing, metal fabrications, printing and
publishing, ship building and drydock, stone, textile, trucking and storage,
packaging and health care
Public Sector Employment Settings: County and city
employes, social workers, health care workers, law enforcement, firefighters,
courthouse, water, electric and sewerage utilities, library, county and city
hall employes, clerical, sanitation, highway and street employes
Interest Disputes: From August 1987 to October 1996, I was
selected to arbitrate 75 Interest (INT/ARB and MIA) cases
Issues: absenteeism, ALC & drug abuse,
arbitrability, work-assign, barg unit work, demotion, discharge, discipline,
discrim, health & welfare, holidays & holiday pay, incentive
rates/stds, job class, job evaluation, job posting & bidding, jurisdiction,
layoff, bumping & recall, mgt rights, mergers, consol, contract terms,
overtime, past practice, rate of pay, rept, callin callback pay, safety, sched
of work, seniority, severance pay, strike or lockout, subcontr, successor,
training, transp, union bus, vacations & vac pay, work perf, work cond,
other, AWOL, COLA, contracting out, fair share fee, guaranteed work week,
insubordination, leave of absence, other fringe benefits, performance
appraisals, promotions, reassignment, red circle rate, shift hours, sick leave,
wages, work week change, grievance mediation, benefit denials
FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:
Interest
and Grievance Arbitration: $1,000 per 8-hour day or any part thereof
spent in hearing, mediation, inclusive of travel to and from the hearing
site. Preparation of an award billed in
increments of a quarter of a day. When
parties request multiple hearing dates in excess of two, the third and all
other dates are purchased at the full per diem and are not subject to the
cancellation fee policy. All days
reserved for hearing are billed at the full per diem rate, once the hearing
begins. For example, if five consecutive
days of hearing are scheduled but canceled within the cancellation period, the
first two days are billed at the cancellation rate, the remaining three at the
full per diem rate. Once the hearing
begins, all five days scheduled are billed no matter how long the hearing runs.
Miscellaneous
Expenses:
All expenses for meals, lodging and travel at actual cost; mileage when
using personal automobile at IRS rate.
Cancellation
Fee:
First cancellation: $800 for the first two days scheduled when cancelled
or postponed within 14 days of hearing.
Second cancellation: fee for first time hearing cancelled plus full per
diem for second cancellation.
NOTE: The
arbitrator shall not charge any fee other than the above stated fees.
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