Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. won its bid to force a worker’s individual wage-and-hour allegations to arbitration and dismiss claims filed on behalf of a proposed class.
The arbitration agreement the worker signed with Colonial Life isn’t procedurally unconscionable, and although two cost-related provisions are substantively unconscionable, they are also severable from the rest of the agreement, so it’s still enforceable, the US District Court for the Central District of California said.
Socorro Olivia Alvitre accuses Colonial Life of failing to pay minimum and overtime wages, along with other violations of California employment law. She sued in state ...
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