DSW Gets Worker’s California Wage Claims Sent to Arbitration

DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc. can force a worker to arbitrate allegations that the retailer stiffed her and other California employees on pay and break periods.

The arbitration agreement the plaintiff signed when she started working in one of the company’s stores wasn’t procedurally unconscionable, so DSW can enforce it, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said. The worker can still pursue her representative claim under California’s Private Attorneys General Act once arbitration concludes, but the court granted DSW’s motion to strike her class action allegations.

• Plaintiff Maria Vitoria Oliveira da Silva argued the agreement ...