Leodori v. Cigna Corp.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

VERNIERO, J.

This is an employment action. Plaintiff alleges that his employer fired him in violation of the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8 (CEPA). The merit of that allegation is not before us. We are called on solely to evaluate the enforceability of a waiver-of-rights provision contained in an employee handbook distributed by defendant. That provision requires' employees to resolve employment-related claims by submitting them to an arbitrator rather than to a jury, which is otherwise their right. Although the…