Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

The Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in Avery v. TEKsystems, Inc. addressed whether an arbitration agreement introduced to putative class members during pending class litigation could be enforced where the district court found the surrounding communications misleading and inconsistent with the fairness of the Rule 23 process.

Assembly Bill 2932, a new bill proposed by California Assembly Members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia, would amend Section 510 of the California Labor Code to change the workweek from the standard 40-hour workweek to a 32-hour workweek for companies with more than 500 employees.