Court Enforces Arbitration Agreement Incorporated Into ‘Notice to Employees’
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas compelled arbitration in a putative Fair Labor Standards Act class action based on language in a “notice to employees” that put the plaintiffs on notice that they were agreeing to arbitrate claims in an incorporated (and hyperlinked) arbitration agreement, according to Carlton Fields; Reinsurance Focus.
Author Brendan Gooley adds that the court also rejected various other defenses to arbitration raised by the plaintiffs in an attempt to avoid arbitration.
The court found that the notice to employees contained sufficient language to incorporate the arbitration agreement by reference, and the notice to employees was also clear on that point.