Labor/Employment
Jul. 25, 2013
OC hospital may not force workers to arbitrate employment dispute, appeals court rules
The 4th District Court of Appeal found that Integrated Healthcare Holdings couldn't prove the employees had agreed to arbitrate claims.
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision denying a motion to compel arbitration from Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. against its workers in an employment law dispute. Integrated, a hospital system in Orange County, sought to individually arbitrate wage and hour claims employees had filed on a class basis. Richard J. Simmons of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP represented the hosp...
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