Kentucky Supreme Court Bans Mandatory Arbitration as Condition of Employment
A new Kentucky Supreme Court ruling bans employers from requiring job applicants or employees to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition of their employment.
View ArticleSupreme Court Arbitration Dispute May Further Shield Employers
A new Supreme Court case asks whether workers may bring employment claims in a class arbitration if an arbitration agreement does not explicitly bar class actions. In prior cases, the justices have...
View ArticleGoogle Changes Policies in Response to #MeToo Walkout
Google recently announced significant changes to its sexual harassment policies in response to a one-day walkout by employees around the world protesting the company made payments at termination to...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling a Decisive Win for Arbitration Proponents
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that when a contract delegates an arbitrability question to an arbitrator, a court may not override the contract even if the court thinks the arbitrability claim...
View ArticleRare Win for Workers in Supreme Court Arbitration Case
The Supreme Court has handed a rare victory to workers in a case involving a mandatory arbitration provision, ruling unanimously that a court's authority to compel arbitration under the Federal...
View ArticleGoogle Drops Mandatory Arbitration Requirement for All Employees
Google has announced it will soon end its practice of requiring employees to resolve employment disputes through arbitration as a condition of employment.
View ArticleNew Jersey Bars Mandatory Arbitration, Limits Nondisclosure Agreements
A broad New Jersey law now prohibits mandatory arbitration of all employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, and also significantly restricts employers from using nondisclosure...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Classwide Employment Arbitration Claim
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that employees may not compel their employer to face classwide arbitration when an agreement is ambiguous as to whether the parties agreed to submit to class arbitration.
View ArticleEmployers May Demand Arbitration Agreements in Response to Collective...
Federal labor law does not prohibit employers from promulgating mandatory arbitration agreements in response to employees opting in to a collective action under wage and hour laws, the National Labor...
View ArticlePrivate Attorney General Act Does Not Reach to Unpaid Wages, California...
The California Supreme Court has ruled that employees may not recover claims for unpaid wages under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) in any forum.
View ArticleCalifornia Bans Most Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Effective January 1, 2020, California employers will not be able to make use of mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. But a legal challenge is almost certain to the new law.
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