Marshall Babson Quoted in The New York Times
"Labor Board Backs Workers on Joint Arbitration Cases"

Seyfarth Shaw Labor & Employment partner and former member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Marshall Babson was quoted in The New York Times on January 6. The article discusses a recent decision by the NLRB which will affect companies that require employees to pursue all claims through arbitration by requiring those workers to sign mandatory arbitration agreements.

The Board ruled that any of these mandatory agreements must now contain "some way for employees to make class and collective claims, either in arbitration or in court."

Marshall points out, “The National Labor Relations Act was not intended to be a ‘super class action statute’ that protects and preserves the right to proceed as a class in all circumstances without regard to the usual considerations by the court."

Click here to read the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/business/nlrb-backs-workers-on-joint-arbitration-cases.html?scp=2&sq=babson&st=cse