The Arbitration of Tardiness Cases

Donald J. Petersen

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DOI: 10.2190/XWR5-V6NN-WX04-1K1A

Abstract

This article surveyed forty-five published arbitration awards concerning the issue of discipline and discharge for tardiness. While not a new problem, the author contends that it is a continuing one judging from the number of cases which deal with this issue. Three problems complicate tardiness cases: an effective definition of what it means to be tardy; the number of occasions that an employee may be late over a given period of time; and the appropriate severity of the penalty imposed.

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