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: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term LibraryArbitration: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Provision in Labor Agreement Requiring Arbitration of Age Discrimination Claims
By David Badertscher, PLL
Source: Lexology, April 14, 2009.
U.S. Supreme Court holds that union contracts can require employees to arbitrate discrimination claims
Reed Smith
"The Supreme Court has ruled that employees represented by a union cannot sue for age discrimination when their union and employer have agreed that any such claims should go to arbitration rather than court."
Supreme Court upholds provision in labor agreement requiring arbitration of age discrimination claims
Jones Day
"On April 1, 2009, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, No. 07-581, holding that a collective bargaining agreement ('CBA') that clearly and unmistakably requires union members to arbitrate their claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ('ADEA'), and by extension other antidiscrimination laws, is enforceable as a matter of federal law."
Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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