10th Circuit: Arbitrator Must Decide Arbitrability Of California Wage Claims

(October 11, 2023, 2:08 PM EDT) -- DENVER — An arbitrator and not the court must decide the applicability of an arbitration agreement between an investigative services company and employees when it comes to certain California wage-and-hour claims made in a complaint accusing the employer of denying the workers overtime and creating an environment in which they had to work unpaid overtime, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a decision in which certification of the California class was also vacated for the trial court to “properly consider predominance.”...