Sep 4, 2009
Ex-Employee’s Suit Tests if Labor Firm’s Arbitration Agreements Are Ironclad
Littler Mendelson, a national firm whose Web site proclaims it as a source for “Employment and Labor Law Solutions Worldwide,” is having its mettle tested in a suit by former employee Emma Preston. The threshold question is whether the firm can compel arbitration based on agreements it says bind all employees suing the firm. Preston’s lawyer says Littler’s expertise in employment law resulted in a greater disparity in bargaining position and a “heightened responsibility” to ensure that any waiver of rights is fair.