In our previous blog we wrote about California’s Assembly Bill 51, which largely impacts arbitration agreements by prohibiting employers from requiring employees or applicants for employment to agree to arbitrate claims for...more
10/21/2019
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Arbitration Fees ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Contract Terms ,
Employment Contract ,
FEHA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Regulations ,
Motion to Compel ,
New Legislation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed groundbreaking legislation largely impacting mandatory arbitration agreements (Assembly Bill 51) and extending the deadline to file a harassment complaint from one to three years...more
10/16/2019
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
DFEH ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
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FEHA ,
Harassment ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Preemption ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations
Arbitration is a highly controversial topic in California.
Just last year 20,000 Google employees walked off the job in protest of Google’s policy to arbitrate workplace misconduct claims. A few weeks ago more than 200...more
7/12/2019
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Arbitration ,
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Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Labor Regulations ,
Sexual Harassment ,
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State Labor Laws ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision confirming the enforceability of class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements....more
5/25/2018
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS
Oh boy, what a year 2016 is shaping up to be! Employers faced some daunting changes to: Sick Leave, California Minimum Wage, the DOL final rule re salary thresholds and now – class action waivers. We feel like doing a Liz...more
8/31/2016
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Ernst & Young ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Wage and Hour