Papa John’s Franchise Owners’ Class Action Waiver Is Declared Invalid

(May 16, 2017, 10:47 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A class action waiver that was part of the arbitration agreement between the owner of Papa John’s Pizza franchises and an employee who filed a class complaint is invalid because it precludes the employee from engaging in at least one of the three types of concerted actions the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects, a California federal judge ruled May 11 (Peter Ross v. P.J. Pizza San Diego, LLC, et al., No. 16-2330, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72411)....