Former Tommy Bahama Cook Must Arbitrate Individual Wage Claims

A former prep cook, who only speaks Spanish, must arbitrate her individual wage and labor claims against Tommy Bahama R&R Holdings Inc. and its affiliates because she didn’t show that her assent to an English arbitration agreement was gained through fraud.

Though Beatriz Quintero De Vazquez exclusively communicated in Spanish with the executive chef during her employment, she failed to show the arbitration agreement was void because of fraud in its execution. The US District Court for the Southern District of California compelled arbitration of Quintero De Vazquez’s individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act, but stayed her non-individual ...