Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held in D.R. Horton that a class action waiver that required, as a condition of employment , the employee to waive his rights to class-action litigation while simultaneously waiving his rights to class-action arbitration was illegal under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB opined … Continue reading
Construction company D.R. Horton, like many other companies, had their workers sign an arbitration agreement upon becoming employed, as a condition of their employment. The signed agreement required the worker to waive his right to sue the employer in a court in the event that that employee wanted to resolve an employment dispute. If the … Continue reading
