Federal appeals court upholds arbitration agreement prohibiting employee class action

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] that employers can require their employees to sign an arbitration agreement prohibiting them to pursue claims in courts or in a class action. The ruling overturned a prior decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) [official website] which held that requiring employees to sign an arbitration agreement violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) [text]. The case involved a Texas-based home builder...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arbitration-agreement-prohibiting-employee-class-action.php

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