Supreme Court to hear employee rights case.þþOn Monday, the first day of its new term, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about one of the central questions in today’s workplace: whether companies can require workers to forfeit their rights to join together in lawsuits or arbitration proceedings against their employers. The court accepted three cases that produced conflicting rulings in federal appeals courts. In two of those cases, the appeals courts ruled that employers violate federal labor law when they require employees to forfeit these rights. In a third case, the appeals court ruled these kinds of employment contracts can be legal. Because of the cost of legal representation, experts say, workers are far less likely to sue their employers over issues like safety violations or wage theft if they cannot band together to do so. Noam Scheiber
Source: NY Times
