Perspective
Mar. 15, 2011
When It Comes to Arbitration Agreements, Less Is More
Employers should limit the terms of their arbitration agreements or risk losing the right to compel arbitration at all. By Dan Chammas of Venable.
Recently, the state Supreme Court admonished employers once again for going too far in drafting arbitration agreements. On Feb. 24, in the case of Sonic-Calabasas A Inc. v. Moreno, 2011 DJDAR 2937, the Court held that employers are not permitted to require, as part of an arbitration agreement, that employees waive their rights to a "Berman hearing," where the Labor Commissioner investigates and adjudicates an employee's wage cl...
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