2nd Circuit Reverses Denial Of Arbitration In Home Care Worker’s Wage Suit

Mealey's (July 10, 2019, 1:49 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A trial court erred when it ruled that a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) amendment addressing arbitration of wage claims did not require that a home care worker’s overtime and spread-of-hour pay claims go before an arbitrator, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 2 (Tatyana Abdullayeva, et al. v. Attending Homecare Services LLC, No. 18-0651, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19759)....