In 2019, New Jersey amended its Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) to include a provision purporting to ban agreements requiring employees to arbitrate claims arising under the NJLAD (Amendment). On February 15, 2022, a New...more
On March 18, 2019, New Jersey amended the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) to include a provision that rendered unenforceable any “provision in an employment contract that waives any substantive or procedural...more
On June 26, 2019, Judge Denise Cote, of the Southern District of New York, granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment claim—despite recently passed NY law, NY...more
7/2/2019
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Following up on a recent post about the intricacies of mandatory arbitration agreements in the workplace, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an arbitration clause that employees did not explicitly agree to...more