Texas Labor Code Title 3, Chapter 102 - Labor Arbitration

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 102.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "board" means an arbitration board appointed under this chapter. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

SUBCHAPTER B SELECTION OF BOARD AND OFFICERS

• Texas Section 102.002 - Dispute Resolution Through Arbitration
  (a) An employer and employees may submit a dispute or grievance resulting from the employer's and employees' work relationship to a board for a hearing...
• Texas Section 102.011 - Number Of Board Members
  A board established under this chapter must be composed of five members. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1. 1993.
• Texas Section 102.012 - Employer Representation On Board
  The employer may designate two arbitrators to serve on the board. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
• Texas Section 102.013 - Employee Representation On Board
  (a) In a dispute or grievance in which the affected employees are members in good standing of a labor organization: (1) if the organization is...
• Texas Section 102.014 - Chairman
  (a) The four arbitrators selected under Sections 102.012 and 102.013 shall designate a fifth arbitrator who serves as the chairman of the board. (b) If...
• Texas Section 102.015 - Board Secretary
  The board shall select one member to act as secretary for the board. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND OFFICERS

• Texas Section 102.016 - Arbitrator's Consent To Act
  (a) An arbitrator selected under this chapter must: (1) sign a form consenting to serve as an arbitrator; and (2) take and sign an oath...
• Texas Section 102.021 - Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) A board may adopt and enforce rules to be followed at board hearings. (b) The board may set a schedule of sessions and adjournments....
• Texas Section 102.022 - Chairman's Duties
  (a) The chairman of the board may: (1) administer oaths; and (2) issue subpoenas for the production of books and papers and the attendance of...

SUBCHAPTER D PARTY CONDUCT

• Texas Section 102.023 - Issuance Of Subpoenas
  (a) The board's secretary shall sign each subpoena issued under this chapter. (b) The board may authorize a person of full age to serve a...
• Texas Section 102.031 - Employee Termination Restricted
  During the period that the arbitration is pending, an employer or receiver or an agent of the employer may not discharge an employee who is...

SUBCHAPTER E FILINGS WITH BOARD; HEARINGS

• Texas Section 102.032 - Prohibitions Against Strikes Or Boycotts
  (a) During the period that arbitration is pending, a labor organization that represents employees who are parties to the arbitration may not order or aid...
• Texas Section 102.041 - Written Submission Of Dispute Or Grievance
  (a) The question to be decided by the board must be submitted to the board in writing, signed by: (1) the employer or receiver; and...

SUBCHAPTER F COURT FILINGS AND ORDERS

• Texas Section 102.042 - Hearing; Notice
  (a) The board shall conduct a hearing not later than the 10th day after the agreement to arbitrate is filed. (b) Each party to the...
• Texas Section 102.051 - Arbitration Petition
  A board may submit a written petition signed by a majority of the board to a district judge in the county in which the dispute...
• Texas Section 102.052 - Court Order Required
  On receipt of a petition filed under Section 102.051, the judge shall issue an order establishing an arbitration board. The order shall refer the matter...

SUBCHAPTER G EXPENSES AND FEES

• Texas Section 102.053 - Filing Of Petition And Order
  The petition and the subsequent order or a copy of the petition and order shall be filed with the district clerk in the county in...
• Texas Section 102.061 - Surety Bond
  Before a board considers a dispute or grievance, each party shall file a bond in an amount set by the board and conditioned on the...
• Texas Section 102.062 - Board Member Expenses
  A member of the board is entitled to receive: (1) three dollars a day for each day of actual service on the board not to...
• Texas Section 102.063 - Reimbursement Of Witness
  A witness called by the board is entitled to receive: (1) 50 cents a day for each day's attendance; and (2) five cents a mile...

SUBCHAPTER H AWARD AND APPEALS

• Texas Section 102.064 - Fees
  (a) The board may charge fees and mileage paid under Sections 102.062 and 102.063 against either or both parties. (b) Fees and mileage charged against...
• Texas Section 102.071 - Termination Of Board's Power
  Except as provided by Section 102.072, a board's power ends on the determination of the grievance or dispute by the board. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 102.072 - Additional Dispute Or Grievance
  (a) If, at the time a board renders its determination, a similar grievance or dispute exists between the same class of persons for which a...
• Texas Section 102.073 - Copies Of Award; Issuance
  (a) The board shall issue three copies of the arbitration award. (b) The board shall: (1) file one copy of the award with the district...
• Texas Section 102.074 - Judgment On Award; Effective Date; Exception
  (a) Judgment shall be entered on an award made under this chapter and the award takes effect, unless a timely exception is filed, on the...
• Texas Section 102.075 - Appeals
  (a) Either party to an arbitration case decided by a district court may file an appeal of the district court's decision not later than the...

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