By Calvin House | Published December 31, 2019 | Posted in Arbitration, Federal Arbitration Act | Tagged Tags: AB 51, arbitration, Kimberly Mueller, Labor Code section 432.6 |
AB 51 purported to ban arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit, by adding new section 432.6 to the Labor Code, effective January 1, 2020. On Monday, December 30, 2019, United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller issued a temporary restraining order against enforcement, pending a hearing to Read More
Read MoreIn Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, 59 Cal.4th 348 (2014), the California Supreme Court ruled that employees cannot waive their right to assert claims for Labor Code penalties brought under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) (Cal. Lab. Code, §§ 2699 et seq.) in any available forum. The rationale was that such claims Read More
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