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On Jan. 28, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Avery v. TEKsystems, Inc. affirmed a district court order refusing to enforce an arbitration agreement rolled out during class litigation. The court found that the agreement contained misleading, harmful, and inaccurate information, and that it subverted federal rules by turning the federal class action opt-out procedure into an opt-in process.
Lori Ocheltree’s articles from Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) with Senior Company Executives, HR and Inhouse Counsel in European Union with readers working within the Technology industries Employers should take note of a new California law taking effect January 1, 2026, that restricts entering into contracts that require a worker to stay with the employer or pay for certain expenses advanced by or on behalf of the employer.
The trial court granted Vicar's motion and determined that California law permitted the prospective meal period waivers. The plaintiffs appealed. For decades, California employers have implemented prospective written meal period waivers. Two employees recently challenged whether prospective revocable, written meal period waivers when working shifts between five and six hours were enforceable under California law. The Court of Appeal in Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc., 110 Cal. App.
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