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161219P.pdf   05/09/2017  Entergy Operations  v.  United Govt. Security Officers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1219
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Smith, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Labor - arbitration. District court's decision to uphold the arbitration 
   award which ordered Entergy to reinstate employee whose medical condition 
   prevented him from wearing a full-face gas mask without shaving his facial 
   hair is affirmed. Arbitrator's decision ordering Entergy to provide an 
   acceptable respirator or reasonable accommodation does not violate public 
   policy and did not exceed the arbitrator's authority. Arbitrator found 
   there were positions that did not require a mask and placing employee in 
   those positions would not violate federal law. The arbitrator did not 
   stray outside his authority to interpret and apply the contract.