Benjamin A. Kerner

Arbitrator

Benjamin Kerner is an experienced Arbitrator, working on problems brought by many different employers and unions.

Agency Rosters

American Arbitration Association
(Panel of Labor Arbitrators)
American Arbitration Association
(Roster of Employment Neutrals)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
(Panel of Arbitrators)
Michigan Employment Relations Commission
(Panel of grievance arbitrators, Panel of Fact Finders, and Panel of Act 312 arbitrators)
Michigan Dept. of Civil Rights
(Ad Hoc Hearing Officer)

Labor-Management Arbitration Panels

Central Michigan University and CMU Faculty Association
McLaren Hospital and OPEIU
Oakland University and AAUP
Schoolcraft College and Faculty Union
Wayne State University and AAUP-AFT, Local 6075
West Branch Regional Medical Center and SEIU

Experience with applying the following statutes (when required by the contract and when the relevant statutory sections were presented by the advocates)

Americans with Disabilities Act
Back Pay Act
Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right-to-Know Act (MI)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Elliott-Larson Civil Rights Act (MI)
Fair Labor Standards Act
Family and Medical Leave Act
National Labor Relations Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Public Employment Relations Act (MI)
School Code (MI)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Background

  • Member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1978
  • Arbitrator since 1985
  • Labor relations and general law experience, 1978-1996, including Gregory Van Lopik Jeakle and Moore (1980-81)
  • Mich. Employment Relations Commission (hearing officer, 1978-80 and 1982-84)
  • Attorney and arbitrator (1985-1996)
  • Full Time arbitrator since 1996
  • Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators since 2006

Education

B.A. Brandeis University (1970)
M.P.H. University of Michigan (School of Public Health1972)
J.D. Wayne State University (1978, Law review)

State Bar Activities

  • Founding Member of its ADR Section
  • Chair of the ADR Section in 1995-96 and Editor of its Newsletter, 1996-2000
  • Distinguished Service Award in 2000.
  • Member of the Labor and Employment Law Section

Teaching Service

Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University. Taught graduate student course in labor arbitration law and practice at Wayne State University’s Masters program in industrial relations. (1982-2006)

Trusted and Experienced

2386 Placid Way • Ann Arbor, MI 48105 • Ph: 313-506-8474 • benkerner@aol.com