Message-ID: <32428044.1075845093884.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:31:17 -0700 (PDT) From: james.derrick@enron.com To: sharon.butcher@enron.com, michelle.cash@enron.com Subject: FW: Employment Arbitraton Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Derrick Jr., James X-To: Butcher, Sharon , Cash, Michelle X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Derrick Jr., James\Derrick Jr., James\Sent Items X-Origin: DERRICK-J X-FileName: Derrick Jr., James.pst FYI -----Original Message----- From: Committee of Corporate General Counsel of the Business Law Section @ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-Committee+20of+20Corporate+20General+20Counsel+20of+20the+20Business+20Law+20Section+20+3CCORPGEN+40MAIL+2EABANET+2EORG+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] On Behalf Of "Fricklas, Michael" Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:16 PM To: CORPGEN@MAIL.ABANET.ORG Subject: FW: Employment Arbitraton > In light of the recent Supreme Court decision in Circuit City Stores v. > Adams, Viacom is considering whether or not to adopt a program of > mandatory arbitration of employment-related disputes. Before proceeding > this way, we would like to know whether anyone has experience with these > programs and would be willing to share them. Would you recommend the > adoption of a program? Has it encouraged additional claims? How do > employees feel about the program? How do you source mediators and > arbitrators? What do employees pay for the program? Are employees who > collectively bargain included in the program? Are there any advisors whom > you particularly recommend (or suggest we avoid)?