October 10, 2019
The Eighth Circuit should force an H&R Block seasonal employee to take her grievance against the company to arbitration because she has not denied agreeing to do so as part of her employment application, the company wrote Wednesday in a court filing seeking to stop a potential class action over its "no-poach" contracts.
September 03, 2019
An H&R Block seasonal employee didn't agree to arbitration as a condition of employment, and the company's attempt to force arbitration in a potential class action over "no-poach" contracts was correctly denied, the employee told the Eighth Circuit Tuesday.
August 15, 2019
Washington state's attorney general is forging ahead with a campaign against no-poach provisions in franchise agreements, cutting deals last week with four more chains to eliminate the practice, but with few courts weighing in so far, it is unclear which legal standard for judging the provisions will prevail.
July 31, 2019
An H&R Block seasonal employee in a potential class action over "no-poach" contracts agreed to arbitration of legal disputes as an employment condition, warranting reversal of a lower court's refusal to force arbitration, the company told the Eighth Circuit Wednesday.