Developments in Labor and Employment Law in the United States (January 2019 - August 2019)

Abstract

I - United States Supreme Court Supreme Court precedent has established the enforceability of consumer arbitration agreements and mandatory employment arbitration agreements in non-union workplaces. Such arbitration agreements often require consumers or employees to waive their rights to litigate claims or to bring class action arbitrations. In Lamps Plus v. Varela, the Supreme Court extended this line of precedents, holding in a 5-4 decision that an employment arbitration agreement that was ...