What may a conciliation, arbitration or correction order in an equal employment case require an employer to do?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the conciliation or arbitration record, and the correction order where one was issued, for the measures each one actually sets. We also read the employer's work rules and any collective agreement, and wage and conditions records, because the provision expressly treats system improvement through those instruments as a form of improving working conditions.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
Under the provision on the content of conciliation, arbitration and correction orders in the Equal Employment and Work–Family Balance Support Act, the outcome may include cessation of the discriminatory treatment and the like, improvement of wages and other working conditions — expressly including orders to improve systems such as work rules and collective agreements — and appropriate compensation as a remedial measure.
The provision says these measures 'may be included', so it does not settle which of them the relevant body must order or how it chooses among them, and it reaches only the conciliation, arbitration procedure and correction order procedure it names, not a claim pursued through some other route.
Your judgment
How should the file show that an order improving work rules or a collective agreement addresses the treatment the worker describes?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add or remove a form of remedial measure, or if a decision explains when a body must include a particular measure in its order.