First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: Robert Hite 2004

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Hearing Officer on discipline and discharge cases. Advocate from 1981 to 2006 on behalf of public sector labor unions, employees, and management regarding disciplinary and contract arbitration and contract negotiations and mediation involving State and Municipal bargaining units.

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

Panels of Arbitrators: NYC Office of Collective Bargaining; NYS Employment Relations Board; Towns of East Greenbush and Rotterdam; Greater Amsterdam School District and Pawling Central School District. Hearing Officer Panels: NYS Civil Service Law, Sections 72, 73 and 75; and Education Law, Section 3214.

Issues/Industries

Discipline and discharge; medical/physical ability to return to work; scope of negotiations; contracting out; past practices; management/confidential determinations; duty of fair representation; student discipline; administrative res judicata; contract repudiation; bargaining unit composition and others

Work History

May, 2007 – Present: Member, New York State Public Employment Relations Board 2001-2007: Principal, Hite, O’Donnell & Beaumont, P.C. 1995-2001: General Counsel, AFSCME District Council 82 1981-1995: Principal/Associate Attorney, Rowley, Forrest, O’Donnell & Hite, P.C.

Education

JD, Albany Law School of Union University, 1980 BA, Colgate University, 1977

Professional Affiliations