The Ever-Changing Role of Arbitration Agreements in California

Why Should You Attend:

Employers often find litigating employment claims brought by their employees irksome; litigation is costly and time-consuming. Many employers turn arbitration to resolve claims with their employees. There are numerous advantages to choosing arbitration over litigation:

• You can choose your own tribunal
• You can choose the venue of the arbitration
• Arbitration is typically faster than litigation
• Arbitration can be more cost-effective
• You can choose the procedures
• Arbitration can be confidential
• Arbitration can be conducted in the language of choice
• You may be able to limit discovery
• You can limit the motion practice

Given the numerous advantages of arbitration over litigation, many employers choose to enter into what are known as arbitration agreements with their employees.

This course will help you determine whether arbitration is right for you and your company and whether your arbitration agreement is sound under California law.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• The laws which authorize arbitration
• What is arbitration?
• The different types of arbitration
• The advantages and disadvantages of arbitration
• The sort of issues that can be the subject of an arbitration agreement and those that cannot
• What happens when an arbitration agreement improperly addresses particular issues?
• The issue of enforcing an arbitration agreement

Who Will Benefit:

• Supervisors
• Human resources staff and executives
• Payroll staff and executives
• General counsel
• All California employers

Instructor Profile:

Jacquiline M. Wagner, Esq., is the president of JMW Seminars, LLC - working to improve the performance of employees and supervisors. Ms. Wagner uniquely understands the needs of business owners and employers when it comes to educating employees. For almost twenty years, she has enjoyed the honor of training hundreds of employees and supervisors in an assortment of industries concerning all aspects of employment law.

Stemming from that experience, she has designed a wide array of engaging human resources, employment law, motivational, business acumen, professional development, continuing education and leadership courses and presentations.

In addition to spearheading JMW Seminars, LLC, Ms. Wagner is a principal human resources and continuing education trainer on behalf of the Office of General Counsel for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where she serves as Assistant General Counsel.

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