Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC, upholding class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements. This means that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 opinion in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion is to be given full force and effect in the employment setting in California. That said, however, Iskanian distinguishes the right of an employee
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NLRB Takes D.R. Horton One Step Further While the Ninth Circuit Upholds Its Contrary Decision
By Julia Brodsky on
On January 17, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board Judge Lisa D. Thompson concluded that an agreement that did not prohibit class or collective action still violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act because the Agreement “interfere[d], restrain[ed], or coerce[d]” plaintiff and other similarly situated employees’ “substantive rights to file classwide litigation.” This ruling stems from Cunningham v. Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., an …
National Association of Manufacturers and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to postpone the effective date of a controversial regulation
By Laura Shovlowsky on
In the wake of a challenge by the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has again agreed to postpone the effective date of a controversial regulation that would require most employers to post a notice informing employees about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.