Litigation & Arbitration
Oct. 19, 2023
Au pairs must arbitrate PAGA claims, companies say
The au pair plaintiffs argued that the suit cannot be sent to arbitration because the contracts require disputes be handled in the “arbitrational tribunals of Switzerland” which they claim do not exist.
Two in-home care companies asked a San Francisco judge on Wednesday to compel arbitration of a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit filed by a group of au pairs who claim the company paid them less than $10,000 per year despite working full time.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs — Peter Rukin of Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP, Matthew C. Helland of Nichols Kaster LLP, and Alexander Hood of Towards Justice — argued that their lawsuit, accusing ...
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