Worker misclassification and wage claims against janitorial franchising company Coverall North America Inc. will go back to private arbitration after a federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled those claims shouldn’t have been allowed to proceed.
The Federal Arbitration Act’s conditions for reviving court claims previously sent to arbitration weren’t met, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday. The law allows courts to restore claims if the arbitration “has been had” according to the agreed-upon rules, or if the party that requested arbitration is “in default in proceeding.” 21 Bouffant Cap
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