WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

 

NAME:             Martin H. Malin

 

MAILING ADDRESS:                 Chicago-Kent College of Law

                                                565 West Adams Street

                                                Chicago, IL  60661-3691

 

TELEPHONE:               Business:           (312) 906-5056               Residence:         (708) 386-6387

 

DATE OF BIRTH:         May 2, 1953

 

EDUCATION:                JD 1976 - George Washington University

                                    BA 1973 - Michigan State University

 

OCCUPATION:             Principal:          Professor of Law             Secondary:        Labor Arbitrator

                                                            and Director, Institute                             & Mediator

                                                            for Law and the Workplace

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:          Am. Bar Ass'n.; Indus. Rel. Res. Ass'n. (Chicago Ch. Pres. 1989); Ass'n. Amer. Law Schools (Lab. Law Sect. Chair 1993); SPIDR; National Academy of Arbitrators

 

 

EXPERIENCE: (Issues & Sector/Industry)

Law Professor specializing in labor law since 1980.  Labor arbitrator and mediator since 1984.

Industries arbitrated include:  banking, chemicals, communications, construction, county government, electronics, education, federal government, firefighters, food processing, foundry, health care, higher education, longshoring, manufacturing, metals, municipal government, newspaper & publishing, office & clerical, police, public utilities (gas & electric), railroads, transportation

Issues arbitrated include:  arbitrability, bargaining unit work, class size, discipline & discharge, discrimination (race, sex, disability, union activity), dress codes, drugs & alcohol, fitness for duty (physical & psychological), hours of work, job classification, layoff & recall, legal defense, medical insurance, overtime, performance appraisal, promotions, rates of pay, reductions in force, report-in pay, seniority, sick leave, subcontracting, telecommuting, tenure, transfers, tuition reimbursement, union security, vacation, wage rates, work assignments, work rules, work schedules, work stoppages, working conditions

Published extensively on labor law and arbitration in scholarly and professional journals

Has served as consultant to Illinois State, Local & Educational Labor Relations Boards and as special hearing officer for Illinois Human Rights Commission

Permanent arbitrator for National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 230 & U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region V; AFSCME Council 31 & State of Illinois

 

 

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

Grievance arbitration: $1,200.00 for each day of hearing and study and preparation of Opinion and Award.

 

Fact Finding and Interest/Arbitration:  $1,300.00 for each day of hearing and study and preparation of Findings of Fact or Opinion and Award.

 

Mediation:  $1,400.00 per day with an additional charge of $250.00 per hour for each hour in excess of eight in one day.  For time spent other than in in-person sessions, such as telephone caucuses and conference calls, a charge of $250.00 per hour will apply.

 

Travel:  Travel expenses and travel time will be charged for cases outside the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area.

 

Cancellation Fee:  one-half day if notice of cancellation of any particular hearing date is given less than four weeks before the scheduled start of the hearing; one day if notice is given less than one week prior to the scheduled start of the hearing.

 

Joint and Several Liability:  As a courtesy, the arbitrator will bill the parties in accordance with their agreement allocating responsibility between them for the fee, but both parties remain jointly and severally liable for the entire fee.

 

Interim Billing:  In his discretion, the arbitrator may submit an interim bill, particularly where a hearing has been held and the arbitrator has incurred significant out-of-pocket travel expenses.

 

 

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

 

12/06

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