Mandatory Arbitration Programs News Today

NLRB is inviting parties to submit briefs addressing whether the Board should adopt a new legal standard to determine whether confidentiality requirements in a mandatory arbitration agreement violate Section 8a1 of the National Labor Relations Act and other legal issues.

Once again, but not surprisingly, an arbitration agreement conveyed by an employer and confirmed by an employee via email has been upheld by the New Jersey courts. Jasicki v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC