Federal Court of Appeals Upholds California Law Barring Employers from Requiring Arbitration as a Condition of Employment.
In October of 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) into law. AB 51 states that”[a] person shall not, as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit, require any applicant for employment or any employee to waive any right, forum, or procedure for a violation …