Individual Arbitration Ordered In Comcast Wage, Background Check Class Suit

Mealey's (October 15, 2019, 12:15 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A former Comcast employee who brought putative class claims over alleged improper background check disclosures and various wage violations must arbitrate his claims on an individual basis, a California federal judge ruled Oct. 11, finding that the employer’s class action waiver in its arbitration provision was enforceable (Mario Azeveda v. Comcast Cable Communications LLC, et al., No. 19-1225, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177765)....