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Labor/Employment

May 5, 2012

Labor board drawing a line on worker arbitration

The move comes four months after the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. ruled for the first time that employers that require workers to arbitrate claims individually violate federal law.


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A key federal labor agency chose California this week to test its theory that asking employees to waive their right to file legal claims in groups violates established labor law.


The move comes four months after the National Labor Relations Board ruled for the first time that employers that require workers to arbitrate claims individually violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. But the ...

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