NLRB Invalidates Arbitration Agreement that Precludes Class Claims
Two members of the NLRB (and with one member recusing himself) held that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by requiring non-union employees to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement that waived employees’ rights to participate in class or collective actions. D.R. Horton Inc., 357 N.L.R.B. No. 184, (January 3, 2012). NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce and Member Craig Becker found that D.R. Horton Inc.'s mandatory arbitration...
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