A temporary worker must arbitrate her wage-and-hour claims against a staffing firm and its client because her arbitration agreement with the firm is “extremely broad,” a federal judge in New York said.

Jia Deng, who worked on supply chain issues for Frequency Electronics Inc. through ADO Professional Solutions Inc., alleges that the defendants owe her overtime pay and fired her for seeking it. She argued that her claims against the staffing firm’s client, FEI, should stay in court, but her agreement with ADO allows both defendants to compel arbitration, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ...

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