Nyulassy v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Opinion

WALSH, J.

Our Supreme Court has upheld employment agreements that require the employee to arbitrate disputes, so long as the arbitration clause does not impair the employee’s statutory rights and is not unconscionable. (See Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83 [99 Cal.Rptr.2d 745, 6 P.3d 669] (Armendariz).) We are called upon here to examine whether a mandatory employment arbitration agreement—executed by the employee in connection with the settlement of a previous dispute with the employer’s predecessor after advice from the employee’s…