Employers – and, in particular, car dealerships – have relied on binding arbitration agreements to resolve employment disputes for decades. Arbitration offers a confidential setting in which businesses can efficiently...more
11/9/2022
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Car Dealerships ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Action Waivers ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Sexual Harassment
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
10/11/2018
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Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Unions
You may have recently heard something about arbitration agreements in the news, and you might be wondering whether your dealership should do anything about it. Some quick background: over the last decade, the use of...more
Our last several Dealership Update newsletters have focused on new developments in dealership employment law, from heightened scrutiny of dealership arbitration agreements and employee handbooks, to the union threat in the...more
How Email And Texting Are Transforming Business Interactions -
The automotive industry has embraced technology. Most dealerships have installed business development centers, and Internet departments to attract the...more
5/7/2015
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CAN-SPAM Act ,
Car Dealerships ,
Confidential Information ,
Contract Formation ,
Discrimination ,
Email ,
Harassment ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Social Networks ,
TCPA ,
Technology ,
Text Messages