Posts tagged with ‘employment arbitration’
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New California Law Prohibits Employers from Requiring Applicants and Employees to Sign Arbitration Agreements
By SHLC on October 22, 201900On October 13, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 51—a bill which essentially makes it unlawful for a California employer to require job applicants or employees to sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of employment. Currently, the use of mandatory arbitration agreements and class action waivers is extremely common among California employers, and recent U.S. […] -
California Supreme Court Invalidates Workplace Arbitration Agreement, Criticizing How It Was Presented to Employee and Raising the Bar for Employers
On August 29, 2019, the California Supreme Court ruled that an arbitration agreement signed by a mechanic at an Oakland Toyota dealership was unenforceable under the general contract principle of unconscionability. The decision came after plaintiff Ken Kho had prevailed on a claim for unpaid wages through a California Labor Commissioner complaint process commonly known as a “Berman” hearing. OTO, […]