A California federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Assembly Bill 51, an expansive anti-arbitration law enacted in October and set to take effect on January 1, 2020. Under this law, employers in the Golden State would be unable to require applicants and employees from waiving any right, forum, or procedure established by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Labor Code, effectively banning mandatory arbitration of employment disputes. Due to its particular placement in the Labor Code, violation of the law would constitute a misdemeanor.
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