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Employee Arbitration Agreements in NLRB Jeopardy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
management report for nonunion organizations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-8286
pISSN - 0745-4880
DOI - 10.1002/mare.30345
Subject(s) - arbitration , labour law , labor relations , law , business , compulsory arbitration , industrial relations , law and economics , political science , labour economics , economics
Recently, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled unlawful an employer's policy requiring employees to arbitrate all employment‐related “disputes, claims, or controversies” against the company ( Alorica, Inc. , NLRB Case No. 18‐CA‐190846 (2017)). The ALJ said employees would reasonably believe that by signing the agreement they gave up the right to file unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB. Notably, the agreement did not mention the NLRB or employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act or directly limit employee rights.