Arbitration Decisions Library

Search Canadian labour arbitration decisions by facts, issues, and articles — a precedent engine built by the editor of Canadian Labour Arbitration.

Semantic search with reranking — surface the decisions that match your facts, not just your keywords.

Built by the editor of Canadian Labour Arbitration(Brown & Beatty) — the reference text Canadian arbitrators cite.

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Precedent, Grounded in Facts

Find Relevant Precedent

  • Natural-language search: Describe the facts of your case in plain language and Sertus returns decisions addressing the same issues
  • Filter by arbitrator: Find how specific arbitrators have ruled on comparable facts — helpful when preparing for a known appointment
  • Filter by issue and outcome: Narrow by issue type (discipline, seniority, contracting-out) and outcome (upheld, denied, modified)
  • Cited articles: Search by the collective agreement article at issue — surface decisions where the same clause was interpreted
  • 768-dim MPNet embeddings: Industry-grade semantic representations tuned for the language of labour arbitration
  • Reranking for precision: A reranking step after initial retrieval so the top results are the ones a researcher would pick

Analyse and Cite

  • Extracted metadata: Arbitrator, parties, outcome, cited articles, headnotes, and key facts — indexed per decision
  • Link to your grievances: Attach decisions directly to your own grievance files to build citation lists for briefs and hearings
  • AI Q&A: Ask questions across the library and get answers grounded in the actual decision text, not generic legal advice
  • Citations traceable: Every AI answer cites the specific decisions it drew from, so you can verify before you rely on it
  • Headnote summaries: Fast orientation on unfamiliar decisions — scan the headnote before pulling the full text
  • Editorial provenance: Built on the same corpus and editorial discipline behind Canadian Labour Arbitration

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