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THE ARBITRATOR EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY DISMISSING TWO CHARGES BECAUSE OF THEIR PUPORTED FACIAL DEFICIENCIES AND FAILING TO ASSESSS THE EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARGES (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the arbitrator’s dismissal of two of the disciplinary charges against a corrections officer (Norde) based solely on alleged defects in the charges, as opposed to the relevant evidence, exceeded the arbitrator’s authority under the collective bargaining agreement (CBA):

… [R]espondent complied with the CBA by pleading in the notice of discipline that the exception [to the usual time limits] applied, and by citing and quoting the language of the specific criminal statute that Norde had allegedly violated; respondent would then need to prove the elements of that statute at the hearing to establish the basis of the timeliness exception … . Accordingly, by requiring respondent to prove the underlying crime in the notice to support the CBA’s time exception, the arbitrator essentially added a term to the CBA and, thus, exceeded his authority … . …

… [T]he arbitrator modified the CBA and exceeded his authority by dismissing the first two charges as facially deficient due to an alleged lack of particularization in the notice of discipline. As the charges in the notice were sufficiently stated, the arbitrator should have rendered a determination as to Norde’s guilt based on the evidence presented at the hearing. Matter of New York State Corr. Officers & Police Benevolent Assn., Inc. (New York State Dept. of Corr. & Community Supervision), 2021 NY Slip Op 03504, Third Dept 6-3-21

 

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