Case: Individual Employment Rights/Arbitration Agreements (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist.)

Charter Communications LLC service representatives in California are bound by an arbitration agreement they received notice of via email, even if they didn’t open the message, and must arbitrate their discrimination and retaliation claims against the company, the California Court of Appeal, Second District ruled. Employees gave their implied consent to the alternative dispute resolution process by not opting out within a 30-day period, and thereby waived their right to litigation, including class and representative actions, the court said. By providing employees with information about the agreement as well as access to webpages with additional information, Charter effectively notified them ...