PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Contract Arbitration
......Modify/Vacate Award: Exceeded Powers
.........Award Violates Statutory, Public Policy Right
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Arbitrator exceeded his powers in dismissing arbitration where association voted for it after and not prior to its commencement.

Arbitrator exceeded his power by awarding statutory attys fees to employer for work performed in defeating employee's inextricably intertwined claims, contrary to public policy embedded in Lab. Code §1194 's one-way fee shifting provision.

Though arbitrator had the power to compel a limited retraction of D's defamatory stmts, he exceeded his powers by inserting certain language and an apology in the retraction letter.