N. Ky. Area Dev. Dist. v. Snyder

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

*532Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS") 336.700(2) prohibits employers from conditioning employment on an existing employee's or prospective employee's agreement to "waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be entitled...." When Northern Kentucky Area Development District ("NKADD") conditioned Danielle Snyder's continued employment on her agreement to arbitrate any dispute that may arise between them, that agreement violated KRS 336.700(2). As…