Arbitration provisions in employment contracts are not unusual. So when GrubHub, a fast-food delivery service, was sued by drivers for violating wage laws it filed a motion to enforce the arbitration clause in its service...more
10/3/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Drivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
Service Contracts ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour
Joining two other circuit courts, the 6th Circuit concluded that employers cannot take advantage of class action and collective action waivers as part of employment arbitration agreements....more
In this final post in a three-part series on what employers can expect from the new Trump administration, we consider possible Supreme Court nominees and future rulings affecting labor and employment law.
Judicial...more
Now that the election is over, many clients and friends are asking what labor and employment law might look like under the soon to be President Trump. Of course, no one can predict exactly what will happen in the coming term....more
11/22/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
DACA ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Vacancies Reform Act ,
Form I-9 ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Reform ,
Joint Employers ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Labor Law Violations ,
LGBTQ ,
Marriage Equality ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OSHA ,
Parental Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Protected Class ,
Restroom Legislation ,
Right of First Refusal ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sick Leave ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
USCIS