Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

An award shall be valid and enforceable according to its terms and under the provisions of this chapter without previous adjudication of the existence of a submission or contract to arbitrate, subject to the provisions of this section: (1) A party who has participated in any of t…

Arbitration of a controversy under a contract or submission described in this chapter shall be deemed a special proceeding, of which the superior court for the county in which one of the parties resides or is doing business, or in which the arbitration was held, shall have jurisd…

Any application to the court or a judge of the court under this chapter shall be made and heard in the manner provided by law for the making and hearing of motions, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.

To entitle the award to be enforced, as prescribed in this chapter, it must be in writing; within the time limited in the submission or contract, if any; subscribed by the arbitrator or arbitrators making it; and either filed in the office of the clerk of the court having jurisdi…

At any time within one year after the award is made as prescribed in § 28-9-16, any party to the controversy that was arbitrated may apply to the court having jurisdiction as provided in § 28-9-14 for an order confirming the award. Upon that application, the court must grant the …

(a) In any of the following cases the court must make an order vacating the award, upon the application of any party to the controversy that was arbitrated: (1) When the award was procured by fraud. (2) Where the arbitrator or arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly …

Where an award is vacated, the court, in its discretion, may direct a rehearing either before the same arbitrator or arbitrators or before a new arbitrator or arbitrators to be chosen in the manner provided in the submission or contract for the selection of the original arbitrato…

An agreement in writing between an employer and an association of employees, a labor union, trade union, or craft union, or between an association of employers and an association of employees, labor unions, trade unions, or craft unions, to submit to arbitration any controversy e…

In any of the following cases, the court must make an order modifying or correcting the award upon the application of any party to the arbitrated controversy: (1) Where there was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any persons, thing, …

Notice of a motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award must be served upon the adverse party, or his or her attorney, within three (3) months after the award is filed or delivered, as prescribed by law for service of notice of a motion upon an attorney in an action; except tha…

Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying, or correcting an award, judgment may be entered in conformity with the order, except as is otherwise prescribed in this chapter. Costs of the application and of the subsequent proceedings, not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25…

(a) Immediately after entering judgment, the clerk must attach together and file the following papers: (1) The submission or contract, and each written extension of the time, if any, within which to make the award; (2) The award; (3) Each notice, affidavit, or other paper used up…

The judgment so entered has the same force and effect in all respects as, and is subject to all the provisions of law relating to a judgment in an action; and it may be enforced as if it had been rendered in an action in the court in which it is entered.

An appeal may be taken from an order made in a proceeding under this chapter, or from a judgment entered upon an award. The proceedings upon an appeal, including the judgment and the enforcement of the judgment, are governed by the provisions of statute and rule regulating appeal…

Where a party dies after making a submission or contract as prescribed in this chapter or otherwise, the proceedings may be begun or continued upon the application of, or upon notice to, his or her executor or administrator, or a temporary administrator of his or her estate, or, …

(a) An arbitrator shall have the authority to consider the existence of a past practice that may exist between the parties to a collective bargaining agreement only under the following circumstances: (1) The collective bargaining agreement does not contain an express provision th…

A provision in a written contract between an employer and an association of employees, a labor union, trade union, or craft union, or between an association of employers and an association of employees, labor unions, trade unions, or craft unions, to submit to arbitration any and…

If any suit or proceedings is brought on any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for the arbitration, the court in which the suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in the suit or proceedings is referable to arbitration under an agre…

(a) The making of an agreement for arbitration shall be deemed a consent of the parties to the arbitration to the jurisdiction of the superior court of this state to enforce the agreement. A party aggrieved by the failure, neglect, or refusal of another to perform under a contrac…

(a) If evidentiary facts are set forth raising a substantial issue as to the making of the contract or submission or the failure to comply with it, the court or the judge shall immediately proceed to the trial of the issue. (b) If no jury trial is demanded by either party, the co…

If in the contract for arbitration or in the submission, provision is made for a method of naming or appointing an arbitrator or arbitrators or an umpire, that method shall be followed, but if no method is provided in the contract, the parties to the contract or submission shall …

Subject to the terms of the submission or contract, if any are specified in the contract, the arbitrators selected as prescribed in this chapter must appoint a time and place for the hearing of the matters submitted to them, and must cause notice thereof to be given to each of th…

The court shall have the power to direct the arbitrators to proceed promptly with the hearing and determination of the controversy.