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Labor/Employment

Aug. 11, 2012

Outdated handbook terms can foreclose arbitration

In the wake of Concepcion, there is an increasing need to review old agreements and policies contained in employee handbooks.

Ronald W. Novotny

Of Counsel, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Phone: (562) 653-3846

Email: rnovotny@aalrr.com

Ronald represents management in labor and employment matters and writes frequently on employment law matters. He is also an Arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association’s Employment Law Panel.

Jonathan Judge

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

As employers increasingly consider adopting mandatory arbitration agreements for employment disputes following last year's Supreme Court decision upholding class arbitration waivers in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, there is an increasing need to review old agreements and policies contained in employee handbooks to ensure that they do not render such attempts futile. Nowhere was this demonstrated more clearly than in the recent case of Sparks v. Vista Del Mar Child and Fa...

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