Nordstrom Worker Can’t Avoid Arbitration by Denying Computer Use

Nordstrom Inc. can require a former salesperson to arbitrate her job discrimination claims because various electronic communications it sent adequately notified her of the company’s dispute resolution program, a New York federal judge ruled.

Fern Werman didn’t defeat Nordstrom’s motion to compel arbitration by arguing she doesn’t use computers and never accessed her work email or Workday account, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York said Wednesday.

The company sent notice of 2022 amendments to its dispute resolution program to all employees at their personal and work email addresses, uploaded the amended agreement to Werman’s Workday ...