2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-9.4 - Municipal Employees' Arbitration
§ 28-9.4-11 - Arbitration board – Composition.

SECTION 28-9.4-11

   § 28-9.4-11  Arbitration board – Composition. – (a) Within seven (7) days after arbitration has been requested as provided in § 28-9.4-10, the negotiating agent and the municipal employer shall each select and name one arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other, in writing, of the name and address of the person selected.

   (b) The two (2) arbitrators selected and named shall within ten (10) days from and after their selection agree upon and select and name a third arbitrator. If within the ten (10) days the arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules and procedure of the American Arbitration Association.

   (c) If the negotiating or bargaining agent agrees with the municipal employer to a different method of selecting arbitrators, or to a lesser or greater number of arbitrators, or to any particular arbitrator, or if they agree to have the state director of labor and training designate the arbitrator or arbitrators to conduct the arbitration, the agreement shall govern the selection of arbitrators; provided, that if the state director of labor and training is unwilling or fails to designate the arbitrator or arbitrators, an alternative method of selection shall be used.

   (d) The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result of agreement between the two (2) previously selected arbitrators, or selected under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, or by the state director of labor and training or by any other method, shall act as chairperson.