Toyota evaded class claims in a lawsuit about its allegedly improper calculation of FMLA leave, and will face an employee’s remaining individual claims in arbitration.
Adam Bixby’s arbitration agreement with Toyota waiving his class action rights isn’t invalid, because the Family and Medical Leave Act allows for the waiver of procedural devices such as class actions, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled Feb. 17.
Bixby sued Toyota for FMLA interference, alleging that it improperly calculated workers’ FMLA leave by using a 40-hour work week instead of the actual hours worked by employees. He sought to ...
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