Case: Labor Arbitration/Work Schedules (Arb.)

Arbitrator Richard L. Horn ruled that Sysco St. Louis, a food distributor to restaurants, schools, and a variety of entertainment venues, did not violate the 40-hour guaranteed work week provision of its CBA with Teamsters Local 682 when, two weeks after the Missouri governor declared a state of emergency regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the company properly invoked the agreement’s exception to the 40-hour guarantee when “lack of work was the result of an act of God or…other circumstance beyond the power of the employer” to justify a reduction in hours of work, a layoff and a reduction its customer delivery ...