Section 31-91-28 - Appointment of the panel(a) The board shall be represented at arbitration proceedings by a tripartite panel of three of its members, unless the parties have jointly agreed that a single public member of the board shall represent the board.(b) Whenever a tripartite panel is used, the employer and employee organization may each select their advocate member from the appropriate permanent advocate members of the board, who will represent their interests on the panel. If either party fails to designate its advocate arbitrator or the advocate arbitrator is unavailable, the board shall select an advocate arbitrator for that party in the following manner: (1) One of the permanent advocate board members shall be designated, if one is available; or(2) If neither permanent advocate board member is available, an alternate advocate board member shall be designated by the board.(c) The public member of the panel shall serve as chairman and shall be selected by the board pursuant to the following procedure:(1) The chairman of the board shall be designated if he is available.(2) If the chairman is not available, the deputy chairman shall be designated.(3) If both the chairman and the deputy chairman are not available, an alternate public member shall be designated by the board.(d) Where a single arbitrator has been selected to hear a case, he shall have all the powers of a panel.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-91-28
Effective January 30, 1981; Amended April 5, 1999