Retailer Marshalls of CA LLC was unable to convince a California state appeals court to allow the company to arbitrate a former employee’s state labor lawsuit.
The California Court of Appeal, First District, upheld a lower court’s order that found Marshalls couldn’t enforce a 2014 arbitration agreement signed by Robert LaCour, which said any claims brought under California’s unique labor law called Private Attorneys General Act must be arbitrated.
That law allows private individuals to bring lawsuits over labor code violations on behalf of the California attorney general, and they can represent similarly situated workers. LaCour, a loss specialist, alleged ...