August 28, 2024
A South Carolina hospital urged the Fourth Circuit to reconsider blocking arbitration in a job applicant's suit alleging she was screened out based on a discriminatory physical agility test, arguing an appeals panel overlooked key details when concluding the application portal was unclear about the arbitration pact.
August 13, 2024
The Fourth Circuit said Tuesday that a South Carolina hospital can't arbitrate an applicant's claims that its physical agility test that screened her out of a job was discriminatory, finding the hospital's online application portal wasn't clear enough that she was signing an arbitration pact.