Cannabis Dispensary Chain Can Arbitrate FLSA Collective Pay Suit

A Detroit chain of recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries can arbitrate a proposed wage collective action brought by its workers who alleged they didn’t receive overtime pay, a federal judge ruled.

Even though plaintiff Mario Gibson LLC waited nine months to move to compel arbitration, the circumstances of the case and parties met standards to grant the company’s motion under the Federal Arbitration Act, said Judge Robert J. White in an order for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, granting Mario Gibson’s motion and staying the case, pending the outcome of the arbitration.

Former employee Laial ...