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5th Circuit Once Again Upholds Class Waiver Absent an Arbitration Agreement
By Beth Graham - August 25, 2017
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has once again overturned a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision stating an employer’s collective action waiver that is not included in an arbitration agreement violates Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
DOJ Flips on Class Waivers Issue
By Beth Graham - June 19, 2017
On Friday, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) made an abrupt about-face on the issue of whether a class waiver included in an employer’s arbitration agreement violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
NLRB Directs Regional Offices to Informally Settle Pending Cases Involving Class Waivers in an Employer’s Arbitration Agreement
By Beth Graham - February 28, 2017
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a memo directing the agency’s regional offices to informally settle any pending cases involving employers who maintain arbitration agreements that bar workers from engaging in class or collective action when pursuing work-related claims.
NLRB Judge Finds Class Waiver in Franchisee’s Mandatory Arbitration Policy Violates NLRA
By Beth Graham - January 2, 2017
Once again, a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) administrative law judge has ruled an employer maintained an arbitration agreement that illegally required workers to waive their right to engage in collective action as a condition of employment.
NLRB Continues to Assert Class Waivers in Employment Agreements Violate the NLRA
By Beth Graham - December 20, 2016
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is at it again. In Service Employees Int’l Union v. Montecito Heights Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP, No. 31-CA-129747 (November 30, 2016), an NLRB administrative law judge ruled that a California-based nursing home maintained an illegal voluntary arbitration policy that asked workers to waive their right to engage in collective action in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
NLRB, Fifth Circuit Continue Disagreement Regarding Class Arbitration Waivers
By Beth Graham - March 7, 2016
In early February, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) once again ruled that a class action waiver included in a mandatory arbitration agreement workers were required to sign as a condition of employment violated federal law.
In Apparent Showdown, NLRB Continues to Hold Class Arbitration Waivers in Employment Contracts Invalid
By Beth Graham - December 3, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again found that an employer’s mandatory class-action arbitration waiver violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
NLRB Yet Again Rules Class Arbitration Waivers in Employment Contracts are Invalid
By Beth Graham - November 18, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has yet again ruled that a class arbitration waiver included in an employment contract violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
Fifth Circuit Adheres to D.R. Horton, Upholds Class Arbitration Waiver in Employment Dispute
By Beth Graham - November 17, 2015
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has once again rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) efforts to ban class action arbitration waivers.
NLRB Again Rules Class-Action Arbitration Waivers Violate the NLRA
By Beth Graham - December 1, 2014
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again ruled that class-action arbitration waivers are unenforceable under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 361 NLRB No. 72 (Oct. 28, 2014), a company, Murphy Oil, required an Alabama employee to sign a binding arbitration agreement as a condition of employment.
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