{"id":3446,"date":"2020-06-26T03:26:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T03:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaudylaw.com\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T01:04:03","slug":"arbitration-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/business-legal-tips\/arbitration-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbitration agreements?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Should my company have an arbitration agreement for disputes with our employees?<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>The short answer is YES!<br><br>Here&#8217;s why&#8230;<br><br>While each employer\u2019s circumstances are different, as a general rule, you should put in place an agreement with your employees that all disputes arising out of the employment relationship must be resolved\u00a0<strong>through arbitration<\/strong>\u00a0as opposed to a civil court proceeding.<br>\u00a0<br>We certainly hope that disputes with employees never occur.<br><br>However,\u00a0when disputes do arise, it is in the best interest of all concerned to handle such disputes with minimal cost and disturbance to the operations of your company.<br><br>An arbitration agreement provides for a speedier and more streamlined resolution of disputes and It is a confidential proceeding that is not in the public record (good for everyone involved), and Its also a cost-effective process in comparison to a court proceeding. \u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>With a recent U.S. Supreme court ruling\u00a0<em>(Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis<\/em>) arbitration agreements that waive an employee\u2019s right to bring a class action lawsuit (whether in court or in arbitration) are enforceable. This means you should get an arbitration agreement asap because they work!<br><br>This is one of those tips where if you want it done quickly and correctly, we&#8217;re here to help you out. Just reach out and let me know what you need!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should my company have an arbitration agreement for disputes with our employees?\u00a0The short answer is YES! Here&#8217;s why&#8230; While each employer\u2019s circumstances are different, as a general rule, you should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[490],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6056,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446\/revisions\/6056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaudylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}