ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH
NAME: Sherwood Malamud
MAILING ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE: Business: (608) 251‑3400 Residence: (608) 256‑2925
Fax: (608) 255-7250
DATE OF BIRTH: 7‑7‑43
EDUCATION: B.A. in
Political Science, City College of New York 1965; Bachelor of Hebrew Letters in
Talmud Jewish Theological Seminary 1967; Juris Doctor University of Wisconsin
Law School 1969
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:
$900 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: $700 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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