A former J.C. Penney employee has to submit her employment dispute to binding arbitration even though the form she signed to give assent did not recite the entire policy, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

The Appellate Division reversed the dismissal of a motion by J.C. Penney to dismiss the complaint and compel arbitration of an employment dispute with Alexis Russo. She claimed she was fired from the company’s East Brunswick branch for having young children, and she brought claims against the retailer under the Law Against Discrimination and the Conscientious Employee Protection Act.

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