Ninth Circuit Compels Investment Banker to Arbitrate Statutory Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Claims Despite Assumption That “Knowing Waiver” Doctrine Applied to Claims
By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/21
Shannon Zoller sued her former employer, GCA Advisors LLC, for violations of the Equal Pay Act, California’s Fair Pay Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1871, among other alleged violations. GCA moved to compel arbitration pursuant to the arbitration agreements contained in various documents that Zoller signed when she began her employment, but the district court denied the motion, finding that the “knowing waiver” doctrine applied to Zoller’s statutory claims and that she had not knowingly waived...
By: Carlton Fields