State, Department of Mental Health, Retardation, & Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94

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• holding \the issue of whether a dispute is arbitrable concerns a question of law and is subject to a broader standard of review than is the arbitrator's decision on the merits[]\
• stating that in light of particular statutory duties “the extent to which the [public employer] is obligated to arbitrate regarding its * * * employees’ hours of work is not boundless”
• vacating arbitration award when arbitrator exceeded his powers because the dispute was nonarbitrable and the submission of the dispute to arbitration constituted an unlawful usurpation of statutory authority
• noting, in dicta, that arbitrators are generally not required to provide reasons for their awards
• department has statutory responsibility to provide for the health and safety of its patients and may not arbitrate whether employees can decide for themselves how many consecutive hours of overtime they will work
• “[ajlthough the state may have allowed (and perhaps even benefited from

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