NLRB Holds Arbitration Agreements Can Remain Confidential—for Now
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/21
Confidential arbitration agreements between employers and their employees are commonplace. Employers favor such agreements for many reasons, including preserving privacy and allowing legitimate claims to be either settled or litigated based on their merits, rather than the threat of public embarrassment or high defense costs. Employees, too, may value the confidentiality afforded by arbitration. In contrast to private and confidential arbitration proceedings, public testimony and publicly...
By: Epstein Becker & Green