Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 1, 2007
Individual Arbitration
Focus Column - By Harry I. Johnson III - Those who claim that the ability to file a class action is a right an employee can't voluntarily give up are masking a different agenda.
By Harry I. Johnson III
The California Supreme Court is deciding whether employers and employees can agree in advance to resolve disputes in arbitration exclusively on an individual basis, in Gentry v. Superior Court (Circuit City), S141502 (Cal., argued and submitted June 5, 2007). To put it in other words, can employers and employees contractually waive any class action in an arbitration agreement?<...
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