Calif. Arbitration Fee Ruling Gives Employers Slight Leeway

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In its Aug. 11 decision in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the California Supreme Court clarified the reach of the state’s 30-day arbitration fee payment rule.

While reaffirming the statute’s deterrent purpose, the court held that it must be read alongside established contract and procedural relief doctrines, limiting forfeiture of arbitration rights to cases of willful, fraudulent or grossly negligent nonpayment.

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