The 5-4 ruling upheld employers’ use of class-action waivers in arbitration agreements. Arbitration agreements have become a common way for employers to stifle lawsuits that could lead to large plaintiff classes and big payouts. “The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written,” Gorsuch wrote. The Supreme Court ruling will have long-lasting implications for workers. The report anticipated that waivers would become an “even more widespread practice” in the event the Supreme Court sanctioned them.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2018 14:15 UTC