Homer C. La Rue, Esq., for more than 20 years, has served as an arbitrator and mediator in numerous employment, labor and non-labor disputes, both in the public as well as the private sector.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Arbitrated and mediated cases involving such issues as: absenteeism, arbitrability, conduct (off-duty)/personal, demotion, discipline (non-discharge), discipline (discharge), discrimination (age, disability, race, sex, religion, national origin), drug/alcohol offenses, holidays, insurance, leave, vacation, health/hospitalization, hiring practices, job performance, jurisdictional dispute, layoffs/bumping/recall, management rights, official time, past practices, promotion, retirement, safety/health conditions, seniority, sexual harassment, subcontracting/contracting out, tenure/reappointment, cost-of-living pay, holiday pay, incentive pay, job classification
- Diverse industry experience includes: airlines, automotive, beverage, chemicals, clothing, communications, construction, education, electronics, food (manufacturing/processing/service), government (local and federal), health care, hotels/motels, hospital/nursing home, maritime, nuclear energy, organizations, packaging, petroleum/petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, police and fire, postal service, public utilities, transportation (bus and rail), and others
- Served as a mediator in approximately 1,000 public sector labor negotiations while with the New York State Public Employment Relations Board
- Conducted settlement conferences under the unfair labor practices provisions of the Taylor Law
- Directs the Alternative Dispute Resolution curriculum at Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C.; founded and supervises the Law School's first ADR Clinic
- Lectures extensively in mediation, arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution to a variety of business, labor, and bar groups including internationally. He serves as a technical advisor and trainer for the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce on an ongoing project designed to assist in the development of a regional ADR system in Central and West Africa for the resolution of commercial disputes
- As the Director of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations Extension Division in New York City, he oversaw the development of labor-management training programs and developed programs to assist persons of color in becoming mediators and arbitrators in labor and non-labor disputes
- Co-creator and designer of a JAMS-supported program to increase the diversity of mediators in the United States, known as ACCESS ADR