A Bath & Body Works LLC employee must individually arbitrate claims that the company violated California labor law by failing to pay minimum wage and overtime, according to a recommendation by a federal magistrate in California.
Kiandra Holman’s dispute is covered by an arbitration agreement in documents she signed electronically when she accepted employment with BBW, Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California said.
Holman argued that the class action waiver in the agreement covers only class arbitration, leaving her still free to pursue a class action in court.
But the ...
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