We continue our series examining whether an employment arbitration program can help minimize legal risks from COVID-19 and beyond by considering another question employers should ask when deciding ...

If a dispute arises between an employee and his employer, either party can raise a court action to resolve the issue. However, court actions are costly and time-consuming. Arbitration is an ...

A New Jersey appeals court has voided Best Buy's mandatory arbitration policy for workplace disputes, holding that the employee did not agree to the terms, though the panel members were split on the ...

Despite its best efforts, the California Legislature has been unable to substantially curtail the popularity of employment arbitrations in California. The hostility to employment arbitration remains ...

L-r: April Boyer, Andrew C. Glass, and Roger L. Smerage, of K&L Gates. Many employers prefer to resolve disputes with employees through arbitration as opposed to more costly litigation in court. This ...

For years, employers of all sizes have implemented arbitration programs as a means of resolving employment disputes. (In an article that appeared in the New York Law Journal on Jan. 12, 2017, we made ...

Just ask Starbucks what you’re gambling when you place your high-stakes disputes in the hands of an arbitrator. This month a single arbitrator ordered the world’s largest coffee chain to pay 4.6% of ...

In a recent case, a man claimed that his termination was due to discrimination and in retaliation for reporting racist comments to his senior director. In response, his employer alleged that it ...

NEW YORK, May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Arbitration Association ® (AAA), the global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), today announced revisions to its Consumer ...

The Economic Policy Institute finds that 65% of companies with more than 1,000 employees have mandatory arbitration procedures — meaning workers must settle employment disputes through a private ...

A California court has recently rejected allegations that a company waived its right to arbitrate by waiting 13 months before attempting to initiate arbitration and forced the employee to spend time ...