The Ninth Circuit zeroed in on timing Wednesday as a former Netflix worker pushed to keep her sexual harassment suit out of arbitration, appearing sympathetic to the streaming company's argument that her dispute began before a law banning mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims became effective.
The California Supreme Court's holding that courts should scrutinize difficult-to-read arbitration agreements but that "illegibility" does not render their substance so unfair as to make them unjust should remind employers to be careful with such pacts in wage and hour disputes, attorneys said.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Nike in Missouri federal court Wednesday, claiming the sports apparel giant hasn't complied with demands for information in a probe assessing whether Nike discriminated against white workers through diversity, equity and inclusion policies.