Arbitration clauses are everywhere in employment relationships these days. But are they right for your company?
That’s the question I tackle with my colleague Emily McDonough Souza in our latest episode of “From Lawyer to Employer.”
Our theme for this episode is simple: think before you ink. (Oh, how I wish I had thought of
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently clarified the transportation worker exemption under § 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The court addressed whether contracts signed by individual delivery drivers, even when they work through their own corporations, count as “contracts of employment” that are exempt from mandatory arbitration. In this instance, the court
Back in 2016, I noted that Congress had a major problem passing major legislation. Of course, at the start of the pandemic, it passed paid COVID leave and related legislation but other than that, it’s been a LONG time since it passed anything significant.
But surprise!
Yesterday, the Senate joined the House in passing H.R.
In a few weeks, the Connecticut Supreme Court will begin it’s next session. As I looked at the calendar assignment for the first term, what I began to realize is something that’s been gnawing at me for a while — there’s not an employment law case to be found on the docket.
Then I started
One of the interesting strains to come out of the new round of publicity surrounding sexual harassment is a renewed focus on mandatory arbitration provisions.
And it comes from an unexpected source: former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson.
Indeed, Carlson recently gave an interview with former ESPN producer and self-titled “Commander-in-She” Valerie Gordon that
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (which does not include Connecticut) held on Tuesday that the NLRB erred in disallowing an employer’s mandatory arbitration agreement that waived the rights of employees to participate in class actions.
The decision in D.R. Horton v. NLRB (download here from Bloomberg Law)
Lost in the shuffle of the COBRA subsidy extension have been new restrictions that prohibit some defense contractors from using mandatory arbitration provisions with their employees.
The Washington Employment Law Update does an excellent job at recapping the relevant provisions and points out that there will be new certification requirements for such contractors in mid
Twas the night before Christmas
With a whole bunch of laws,
A new COBRA was stirring,
with a health bill (and flaws?)
Congress sure has been busy the last few days. This Christmas Eve morning, the Senate passed a landmark health care bill. No doubt, it will continue to be tweaked and modified