Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA few years ago, the burrito chain Chipotle began requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements. In May, the court ruled 5-4 in Epic Systems v. Lewis that it is legal for employers to require workers to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. But nearly 3,000 of those workers had signed arbitration agreements. A similar situation has been unfolding for Uber drivers who also signed arbitration agreements. Their rationale: Because the workers had signed arbitration agreements, they never should have received notice about the collective-action lawsuit and become clients of Williams and his colleagues.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 20:03 UTC