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Arizona’s Seldom Discussed Statutory Prohibition of Arbitration Agreements Between Employers and Employees
There has been much publicity recently regarding a series of states enacting state statutes intended to restrict or prohibit mandatory arbitration agreements in the employment context. The most recent such endeavor to be highly publicized is California’s A.B. 51, which … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Arizona, California
| Tagged Arbitration, Employment Arbitration Agreements
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EEOC Changes Policy on Mandatory Arbitration
This past week, the EEOC withdrew its 1997 policy statement regarding mandatory binding arbitration agreements. In that policy statement, the EEOC took the position that the use of mandatory binding arbitration agreements as a condition of employment were contrary to … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Discrimination, EEOC
| Tagged Circuit City Stores, Concepcion, EEOC charge, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Epic Systems, Lamps Plus, Policy, Public Policy, SCOTUS
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The Trend to Adopt Mandatory Employment Arbitration Programs
In recent years, many private sector employers have adopted mandatory arbitration programs for employment disputes, which their employees are required to sign as a condition of employment. Main objectives of those programs are the expeditious resolution of employment disputes and … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Arbitration, Employees, Employment Arbitration Agreements, NLRA, NLRB
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Employers May Prohibit Employees From Opting In To Class Actions
Last year, in Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis, the Supreme Court held that employers act lawfully when they require employees, as a condition of employment, to enter into agreements with the employer waiving their rights to pursue employment claims through … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Class Action, NLRB
| Tagged Arbitration, Class Action Waiver, Employment Arbitration Agreements
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United States Supreme Court Continues Its Trend of Enforcing Individual Employment Arbitration Agreements
Approximately one year ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 548 U.S. ___ (2018), holding that class action waivers contained in arbitration agreements, including agreements between employers and their employees, are permissible … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Class Action
| Tagged Class Action Waiver, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Epic Systems, Ernst & Young LLP, Lamps Plus, Lewis, Morris, Murphy Oil, Ninth Circuit, NLRB, SCOTUS, Section 7, Supreme Court, Wage & Hour
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Check Your Arbitration Agreements: The Supreme Court Handed Workers A Big Win
In a unanimous opinion, with Justice Ginsburg concurring, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an exemption under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) applies to contracts with independent contractors. The FAA generally requires courts to enforce private arbitration agreements. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Class Action, Independent Contractor
| Tagged Arbitration, Employment Arbitration Agreements, SCOTUS
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Fifth Circuit: Sign Your Arbitration Agreement!
A surprising and cautionary tale for employers from the usually conservative and employer-friendly Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals – you might want to sign your arbitration agreements. The court last week struck down an employer’s arbitration agreement which was signed … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Texas
| Tagged Arbitration, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Fifth Circuit, Modification, Signature, Signature Block, Signed
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California Legislature Takes A Strong Stance in Response to #Metoo Movement
The California legislature is looking to pass a host of bills aimed at decreasing sexual harassment in the workplace and increasing rights of victims of sexual harassment: SB 820 bans confidential settlement agreements in cases involving sexual assault, sexual harassment … Continue reading
Posted in California, Confidentiality, Discrimination
| Tagged Arbitration, Confidentiality Agreements, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Fair Employment and Housing Act, Federal Arbitration Act, Public Policy, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Harassment, Training
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Supreme Court Blesses Employers’ Use of Class Action Waivers
As previously reported on October 13, 2017, see here, the Federal Courts of Appeal were evenly divided on the question of whether class action waivers contained in otherwise enforceable employment arbitration agreements were permissible. Three Courts of Appeal, i.e., the … Continue reading
Posted in Class Action, NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Class Action Waiver, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Protected Concerted Activity, SCOTUS, Section 7, Supreme Court
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Arbitration Agreement Contained in Employee Handbook and Signed During Pending Class Action Is Invalid
On April 20, 2018, the California Court of Appeal, in the case Nguyen v. Inter-Coast International Training, Inc., held that an arbitration agreement contained in an employee handbook was both procedurally and substantively unconscionable. In that case, after a wage … Continue reading
Posted in California, Class Action, Pay
| Tagged Agreement, Arbitration, California Court of Appeal, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Handbook, Policy, Unconscionable, Wage & Hour, Wage Discrimination, Wages
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