U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 17, 2024
Bissonnette: The Supreme Court grabs the wheel on the "transportation worker" exemption
The U.S. Supreme Court has clarified the scope of the “transportation worker” exemption under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act - a decision that narrows the scope of the exemption and emphasizes that it should not be interpreted with a sweeping, open-ended construction.
Bailey McCabe Hashim
Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
In recent years, courts, employment counsel, employers, and employees have all been vexed to answer the question: what is the scope of the "transportation worker" exemption under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)? The U.S. Supreme Court has taken a step towards answering that question in its recently published opinion in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC. The main issue before the Court was whether a worker that is a...