Dr. John LaRocco

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Professional Presentations & Speeches

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Professional Presentations & Speeches

1980	The Law and Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports, Loyola University of Chicago, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, Chicago, Illinois. [Master’s Thesis]
1982	Appellate Arbitration, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, San Francisco, California.
1983	Insubordination - What Is It and How to Defend Employees Charged With It, Convention of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, Reno, Nevada.
1984	How to Prepare and Handle an Employee Disciplinary Case, Convention of the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1986	How to Present a Case to an Arbitrator, National Railway Labor Conference, Denver, Colorado.
1986	Reminiscing About Serving on a Presidential Emergency Board, California State University, OBE Department Retreat, Sacramento, California.
1988	Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace, Convention of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Reno, Nevada.
1988	Gathering Evidence to Defend an Employee Charged With Misconduct, Convention of Transportation-Communications Union, Malibu, California.
1988	Burden of Proof in Arbitration, Sacramento County Bar Association, Sacramento, California.
1989	Constitutional Issues of Employee Drug Testing, Seminar By Transportation-Communications Union, Nashville, Tennessee.
1989	How Arbitrator's Decide Cases, Industrial Relations Research Association of Northern California, Sacramento, California.
1991	Arbitrating Employment Discrimination Disputes After Gilmer, Sacramento County Bar Association, Sacramento, California.
1991	Resolving Conflicts in Testimony by Evaluating the Credibility of Witnesses, Meeting of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Monterey, California.
1993	Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing, National Railway Labor Conference, Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California and Chicago, Illinois.
1993	Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, State of California Data Processing Division, Sacramento, California.
1993	Electromation: Boon or Bane to Employee Participation Programs? Western Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Monterey, California.
1993	What Should Congress Do About Electromation? Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1993	Panel Member of ADR and Employment Discrimination Claims at 1993 Annual Meeting of Academy For Legal Studies in Business, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1993	Evidentiary Objections, American Arbitration Association, San Francisco, California.
1994	Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing, National Railway Labor Conference, San Diego, California.
1994	How To Be A Hearing Officer, Seminars for State of California - Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California.
1994	More Ethical Issues for Labor Arbitrators: Engaging in Exhibit Parte Communications and Fraternizing With the Parties, Poster Session, Industrial Relations Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
1994	Reforming Baseball Salary Arbitration, National Academy of Arbitrators, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1994	Handling Claims on the Railroads and With Other Companies Having Similar Grievance Systems, Convention of International Firemen & Oilers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1994	Moderator for the Sexual Harassment Seminar before the Sacramento Central Labor Council, Sacramento, California.
1995	Techniques For Teaching in Extension Programs, Panel Discussant at CSUS-RCE Seminar, Sacramento, California.
1995	Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing - An Arbitrator's View, National Railway Labor Conference, San Diego, California.
1995	Employee Protective Agreements, Annual Meeting of the National Association of Railroad Referees, September 15, 1995 at Chicago, Illinois.
1995	How Can Law Firms Protect Themselves From Sexual Harassment Allegations? Private Seminar (Law Firm) Sacramento, California.
1995	Opening Remarks - The Road Ahead Under the National Labor Relations Act, Ninth Annual Joint Seminar of the Labor and Employment Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Industrial Relations Association of Northern California, Sacramento, California.
1996	New Developments in Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing, An Arbitrator’s Perspective, National Railway Labor Conference, San Diego, California.
1997	Update of Developments in Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing, An Arbitrator’s Perspective, National Railway Labor Conference, San Diego, California.
1998	Handling Grievances and a Role Playing Exercise, Convention of Firemen & Oilers, SEIU, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1998	Contemporary Issues in Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing: An Arbitrator’s Perspective, National Railway Labor Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
1999	History of the Railway Labor Act and Contemporary Issues in Railway Arbitrations, Western Convention, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2000	Several Philosophical and Pragmatic Musings About Arbitration Under the Railway Labor Act, American Bar Association, Annual Meeting of the Committee on Railway and Airline Labor Law (Section of Labor and Employment Law) Napa, California.
2001	Due Process in Employee Pre-Disciplinary Hearings, National Railway Labor Conference, Las Vegas.
2002	Mock Disciplinary Hearing, Service Employees International Union, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2003	Ascertaining Contract Ambiguities, Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2004	The Observations of a Veteran But Humble Arbitrator on Labor Arbitration, Plenary Conference, National Arbitration Institute, San Francisco, California.
2004	Interest Dispute Resolution Process in the Airline and Railroad Industries Meeting of Industrial Relations Research Association of Northern California.
2004	Persuading the Arbitrator in Contract Interpretation Cases: Evidence of Negotiating History, Annual Meeting, National Academy of Arbitrators, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2004	Arbitrator's Code of Ethics and Ethical Issues in Railroad Labor Arbitration, Panel Moderator and Presenter of Ethical Scenarios for Labor Arbitrators, Annual Meeting, National Association of Railroad Referees, Chicago, Illinois.

last updated: 07/06/2006