Mr.Bob Oberstein

Area Of Expertise : Labor- Management and Employee Relations
51 Years Of Experience
Training Industry : Human Resources

Bob Oberstein has over 51 years of Labor/Employee Relations experience on all sides of the labor-management table including as a neutral (arbitrator, mediator) in both the public and private sectors. He has served as a Commissioner, Maricopa County's Judicial Merit System Review Commission; Member, City of Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards; and Member/Chairman, City of Phoenix Civil Service Board. He is also the recipient of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Director's Certificate of Recognition for Achievement in Promoting Positive Labor-Management Relations. Bob has served as Director, of the Labor Management Relations Program at Ottawa University, Phoenix (OU), Arizona where he taught conflict resolution, grievance processing, arbitration, and negotiation among other courses. He also served OU as Ombudsman for all student, faculty, and support disputes as well as the Disabled Student Liaison and received recognition in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

 

 

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Live Webinar

Do's & Don'ts of Workplace Investigations: Avoiding the Top Ten Mistakes

When done right investigations can provide early identification on current or potential workplace issues and the opportunity to prevent them in the future but only if one first avoids some of the more common investigation pitfalls and mistakes. This webinar wi ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Sep 05, 2025
Live Webinar

Guide for Writing a Professional Investigation Report

Among the many types of charges to investigate, all require a professionally written report documenting not only your findings of fact but also demonstrating that your investigation was done objectively, legally and in a timely manner. So, you need to be prepa ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Sep 22, 2025
Live Webinar

Detecting Truth, Lies and Deception During an Investigation

Workplace investigations are all too often mired in confusing “he said-she said” situations. So, having the skill set to decipher and clarify the many differences between truth and deception is critical, especially when clarity is clouded by conflicting inform ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Oct 08, 2025
Live Webinar

Privacy Rights Issues in the Workplace

Do you know what an employee’s and employer’s privacy rights are? And if they claim such rights exist under the U.S. or a State constitution, statute or the common law if they are right or how you will respond? Can you identify if any policies, practices or ac ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Oct 24, 2025
Live Webinar

Workplace Social Media Issues

It's a lot more than just "sexting." or visiting inappropriate websites! Do you have a social media policy? Are employees aware of it and have they been trained in its proper application? Is your social media policy aligned with all your other policies and/or ...

  • Basic & Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
  • Nov 10, 2025
Live Webinar

Treating Employees Like Adults: Discipline versus Empowerment

By learning and using the techniques discussed in this webinar you will be able to empower employees in the best interests of their own as well as for the organization’s future. Additionally, should you have no other choice but to proceed with discipline these ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Nov 20, 2025
Live Webinar

Labor Relations Crash Course

Attendees will have the opportunity to widen their skill set enough to be able to hit the ground running to meet the challenges of most labor management environments. Among the areas to be explored will be the groundwork and guidelines for positive labor manag ...

  • Basic & Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
  • Dec 02, 2025
Live Webinar

How to Prepare Now to Upskill for your Current (and Possible Transition to your Future) Career

This presentation will encompass the qualifications and upskilling required to establish oneself as a “neutral” (arbitrator, hearing officer, mediator, investigator, etc.) regardless and as permitted by law of if one has a formal legal background or not! This ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
  • Dec 18, 2025
Recorded Webinar

Labor Relations Basic Survival Skills

Do you know the difference between past practice and precedent? Or what a management rights clause in a contract really means? How about the obligation of the employer to bargain with employees even if a union is not representing them? Are you aware of what a ...

  • Basic & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Detecting Truth, Deception, and Lies while conducting an Investigation

Truth can be elusive! Especially if someone’s lips are moving! Because there is always more to know if someone is being less than truthful. If the focus of your investigation is to establish the facts how then is it possible to find out the truth when the info ...

  • Basic & Advanced
  • 90 Mins