A petitioner alleging that her former employer deliberately withheld incriminating evidence during arbitration of her age discrimination claims did not establish grounds to overturn an arbitrator’s award of summary judgment to the employer, a federal judge has ruled. Following her termination from International Business Machines Corp. in 2018, Linda Hewlett filed a demand for arbitration
Where an arbitrator awarded summary judgment to an employer on an employee’s claim of age discrimination, the arbitration award should not be vacated despite the employee’s argument that the employer deliberately withheld incriminating evidence. “Petitioner Linda Hewlett seeks to vacate an arbitration award in favor of Respondent International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), arguing that IBM