Arbitration agreements between employers and employees are very common. As of 2018, an Economic Policy Institute poll estimated that 56% of private-sector, non-union employees were subject to such ...

Many California employers ask incoming and existing employees to agree in advance to arbitrate any employment-related disputes and give up the right to bring such claims in court. Employees often are ...

Arbitration agreements are considered contracts, and state law generally governs whether an enforceable contract exists, the 11th Circuit pointed out. Under Florida law, the party seeking enforcement ...

The Council of the District of Columbia passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), one of the strictest bans on employee non-compete agreements in the country, ...

Some employers have embraced the use of employment arbitration agreements as a way to manage and mitigate the rising costs, risks and liabilities associated with employment-related claims.

Although the majority of employees in the U.S. work under at-will agreements, some employers utilize legally binding employment contracts. Before determining if employment contracts are right for your ...

“Whatever position you might take on noncompetes as such, a troubling dimension of this debate is the use of the same broad brush to paint confidentiality agreements as threatening to employee ...

Do you have employees in Illinois subject to an arbitration agreement? What about severance or settlement agreements? Restrictive covenants? Before ringing in the New Year, be sure to review all ...

ONE RISK EVERY CPA FIRM SHOULD CONSIDER is the possibility departing employees may attempt to take clients of the firm with them. Firms can use a noncompete agreement to prevent an employee from ...

California’s Assembly Bill (“AB”) 692 took effect on January 1, 2026, significantly limiting the use of commonplace “stay-or-pay” clauses in offer letters and agreements, which require employees or ...