A covenant in a job application, by which the prospective employee agrees that workplace disputes will be settled by arbitration, is enforceable as a matter of law and public policy, the state Supreme Court ruled last Wednesday.
The justices ruled 4-3 that a clause on the application form � stating that legal disputes with the company would be decided by an arbitrator selected by the American Arbitration Association � was so unequivocal that the waiver of judicial remedies was knowing and voluntarily.
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