Sixth Circuit Holds that Arbitration Provisions Prohibiting Concerted Employee Activity Violate NLRA, Splitting with Fifth Circuit | Practical Law
In National Labor Relations Board v. Alternative Entertainment, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit enforced a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order and held that mandatory arbitration provisions that prohibit employees from bringing collective or class action suits are illegal under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In so ruling, the Sixth Circuit deepened a circuit split on this issue.