Bloomberg Law
Feb. 19, 2019, 11:15 AM UTC

Home Care Firm Pushes for Arbitration of Union Worker’s Claims

Robert Iafolla
Robert Iafolla
Reporter

Not all arbitration agreements are created equal. Despite a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions bolstering the strength of contractual mandates to force workplace disputes into arbitration, judges keep them in court when the agreements have holes.

Attending Homecare Services will appear before a federal appeals court in Manhattan today to challenge a district judge’s ruling that refused to enforce an arbitration agreement on a worker’s wage claims. The judge said the arbitration provision in the home care firm’s collective bargaining agreement with the worker’s union is “confusing” and thus nonbinding.

The case could provide guidance to employers, workers, and ...

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