Labor/Employment
Jan. 12, 2012
NLRB class action ruling gives employers reason to pause
This decision will cover virtually every worker that has been forced to sign a class action waiver.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436
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Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
Last Friday, I came across an email from a colleague about a decision issued by the National Labor Relations Board (D.R. Horton Inc. and Michael Cuda, 357 NLRB No. 184 (Jan. 3, 2012)). At first glance I thought nothing of it, but later on I realized its significance: The NLRB had effectively killed AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011) in the context of wage and hour class actions. It declared that as a condition of employment, an employer could not prec...
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