Wage and Hour, Federal Arbitration Act, Arbitration Agreements

Trucking Companies Face Growing Wage & Hour Class Action Risks

Roetzel & Andress on 7/25/2025

Are you a trucking company? If so, you may be exposed to class action lawsuits for minimum wage, break time, and overtime violations. Trucking companies are essential to our national economy and security. However, trucking...more

Employers Beware: Lessons from Sanders v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 6/10/2025

In the recent decision in Sanders v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the California Court of Appeal reinforced the consequences for employers who fail to timely pay arbitration fees in employment disputes....more

No Arbitration Even If Only One Claim Is Covered By EFAA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/15/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“EFAA”) renders arbitration agreements unenforceable with regard to claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment....more

Love is Blind

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 4/15/2024

It’s not often I get to title an employment law update “Love is Blind,” but a recent ruling presents an opportunity to remind employers arbitration provisions in employment agreements are not enforceable when an employment...more

SCOTUS Set To Weigh In On Whether Courts May Dismiss Actions That Are Referred To Arbitration

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/19/2024

CDF Wage and Hour Task Force – Monthly Blog - Enforceable arbitration agreements continue to provide California employers who are faced with wage and hour claims with significant benefits....more

SDNY Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration of Employee’s Discrimination and Retaliation Claims

Carlton Fields on 11/8/2023

In Marino v. CVS Health, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found defendant CVS Health’s “arbitration of workplace legal disputes policy” and related arbitration agreement compelled arbitration of...more

Sixth Circuit Holds Validity of Employee’s Electronic Signature Creates Issue of Fact, Reverses Order Compelling Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 8/16/2023

In Bazemore v. Papa John’s U.S.A. Inc., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the plaintiff’s appeal of an order granting the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint brought...more

The Long And Winding Road: Ninth Circuit Exempts Last-Leg Drivers From Arbitration Under The Federal Arbitration Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/14/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit recently extended the scope of which transportation workers are exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In Carmona Mendoza v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, – F.4th –,...more

California Supreme Court Clarifies PAGA Standing When “Individual PAGA Claims” Have Been Compelled to Arbitration

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2023

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court decided an important state law issue raised by the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). Viking River Cruises...more

California Supreme Court Keeps Representative PAGA Claims Afloat in State Court

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/25/2023

In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court held in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana—contrary to California precedent—that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows PAGA claims to be split into individual and non-individual...more

CA Supreme Court Holds Compelling Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claim Does Not Strip Standing to Litigate Representative Claims

Weintraub Tobin on 7/19/2023

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court, in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc., addressed the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S.Ct. 1906 (2022). The much-anticipated Adolph...more

Helping Employers Traverse the PAGA Jungle: Key Takeaways

Payne & Fears on 5/12/2023

Navigating the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) landscape can be overwhelming for California employers. To help employers stay updated on the ever-evolving statute, this article highlights key takeaways from our recent...more

Fording Viking River, Another California Court of Appeal Holds That PAGA Plaintiffs Maintain Standing to Pursue “Representative”...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/6/2023

California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) allows employees to act as an “agent” of the State of California and recover civil penalties for violations of the Labor Code through a civil action filed on behalf...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That a PAGA Plaintiff Maintains Standing to Assert Representative Claims Even When Individual...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/23/2023

On February 2, 2023, the California Court of Appeal issued an important follow-up decision to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, — U.S. —, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). Galarsa v....more

All For Naught: California Employers Can Continue To Require Workers to Sign Arbitration Agreements

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 3/1/2023

After more than three years of legal challenges, California’s Assembly Bill 51 was completely struck down as preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act in a Ninth Circuit ruling on February 15, 2023. California employers can...more

Washington Court of Appeals Voids Class Action Waivers in Some Wage and Hour Claims

Miller Nash LLP on 9/23/2022

In a recently published decision, the Washington Court of Appeals declared class action waivers in certain employment agreements unenforceable. In Oakley v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, plaintiff Oakley brought claims under the...more

California Supreme Court Accepts Invitation to Weigh In on Employment Arbitration Agreements & PAGA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/16/2022

On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana that bilateral arbitration agreements governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) may require arbitration of California Private...more

SCOTUS Review: 8 Key Rulings from Last Term that Impact the Workplace and 3 Issues We’re Watching

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2022

Many employers looked to the Supreme Court last term for clarity in cases with a significant impact on the workplace. The justices continued to shape the employment law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

Massachusetts High Court Says Grubhub Delivery Drivers Must Arbitrate Claims

Fisher Phillips on 7/28/2022

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held yesterday that local Grubhub delivery drivers are not exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), and those workers can be compelled to individually arbitrate their...more

CA Court of Appeal Upholds Arbitration Agreement Under FAA Preemption

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/22/2022

Evenskaas v. California Transit Inc. reversed a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s denial of an employer’s motion to compel arbitration of a former employee’s wage and hour class action. The trial court had concluded that the...more

Employers Feel the Heat from Summer Legal Updates — Minimum Wage Increases, Arbitration Enforcement, and New COVID Safety...

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 7/1/2022

Local Minimum Wage Increases Go Into Effect on July 1, 2022 - On July 1, 2022, a number of local governments throughout California will raise their minimum wage. In the City of Los Angeles, the new rate is $16.04/hour...more

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