Law360, New York (June 16, 2014, 8:16 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge on Friday granted Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s bid to arbitrate a putative wage-and-hour class action, saying the workers’ individual Private Attorneys General Act claims are arbitrable under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 Concepcion decision.
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said the waiver of representative PAGA claims in an arbitration agreement does not render the agreement “substantively unconscionable,” as that would undermine the Federal Arbitration Act's policy of favoring the arbitration of claims.
“Plaintiffs’ PAGA claims are arbitrable on an individual basis,...
Hobby Lobby Wage Row Sent To Arbitration Under Concepcion
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