Labor Law

01 Mar Employer’s Attempt to Send Potential Class Action Lawsuit to Arbitration under CBA Rejected, but Court Gives Employers a Glimmer of Hope for the Future

by Candice K. Rediger, Esq.
May an employer force an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) to arbitrate their wage and hour claims instead of suing in court? Maybe, answered one California Court of Appeal in Vasserman v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Employers...