Walthour v. Chipio Windshield Repair, LLC

ORDER

AMY TOTENBERG, District Judge.

This case brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) (“FLSA”) is before the Court on Defendants’ Joint Motion to Compel Arbitration and Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint or, Alternatively, Motion to Stay Proceedings (hereinafter referred to as “Motion to Compel Arbitration”) [Doc. 6]. The issue before the Court, whether a contractual waiver of the right to bring a collective action in a mandatory arbitration agreement is enforceable under the FLSA, is a topic of increasing debate among federal district and appellate courts.…