This week, a California Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Vasserman v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, rejecting the hospital’s appeal of a trial court order denying its motion to compel the plaintiff to arbitrate wage and hour claims she brought against the hospital. The court acknowledged that the applicable collective bargaining agreement included a provision requiring arbitration of claims arising under the agreement, but held that it was not “clear and unmistakeable” from this provision that the parties intended to waive a judicial forum for claims based on statute (i.e. meal and rest breaks, overtime). As such, the plaintiff could not be required to arbitrate her wage and hour claims.
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