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ARBITRATOR’S DECISION FINDING CLAIMANT WAS PROPERLY DISCHARGED FOR MISCONDUCT ENTITLED TO COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL EFFECT IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROCEEDING (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, determined the arbitration decision pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement should have been given collateral estoppel effect by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the unemployment insurance proceeding. The arbitrator found that the claimant engaged in misconduct warranting discharge. The arbitrator’s decision was issued prior to the ALJ’s decision. The ALJ found claimant did not engage in misconduct and was entitled to unemployment insurance benefits:

Although “the Board is not bound by arbitration decisions regarding [a] claimant’s discharge issued subsequent to the time the Board rendered its decision”… , the Board was informed of the arbitration decision prior to its decision. As such, the factual findings of the arbitrator should have been accorded collateral estoppel effect in relation to the final unemployment insurance decision, so long as the parties had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the misconduct issue at the arbitration hearing … . The fact that the arbitration decision was issued after the conclusion of the unemployment insurance hearing does not preclude its consideration for collateral estoppel purposes, as “the final factfinder in the administrative process is the Board, not the ALJ” … . As the Board indicated that the arbitrator’s decision was not part of the record before it — despite that decision being the focus of, and a copy of it annexed to, the employer’s administrative appeal — the matter must be remitted in order for the employer to submit the arbitration decision into the record and to provide an opportunity for claimant and the employer to provide additional evidence and testimony regarding the nature of the arbitration hearing … . Matter of Bruce (Town of N. Hempstead–Commissioner of Labor), 2020 NY Slip Op 03705, Third Dept 7-2-20

 

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