Employer Waived Its Right to Demand Arbitration of Employee’s Workplace Claims

An employer waived its right to invoke arbitration of a former employee’s claims by unreasonably delaying its arbitration demand and acting inconsistently with an intent to arbitrate, a California appeals court recently ruled. The employer waited 17 months after the employee filed suit to seek arbitration of the claims. In the meantime, it requested a trial and engaged in pretrial discovery.
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