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Florida Decision Involving Workers Unable to Read English Illustrates the Basics for an Enforceable Arbitration Agreement

By John Lewis on October 7, 2020 Posted in Arbitration Agreements

Sometimes, a decision can detail the requirements for an enforceable employee arbitration agreement better than a legal treatise. That is certainly true in Gustave v. SBE ENT Holdings, LLC, No. 1:19-cv-23961 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 30, 2020). In Gustave, 19 former food and beverage or kitchen workers at the Delano Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, brought … Continue Reading

Florida Court Denies Conditional Certification of FLSA Case Involving Restaurant Staff

By Greg Mersol on July 31, 2017 Posted in FLSA

As we’ve noted before, many courts have applied the standard for conditional certification so leniently that in places the requirement of a group of “similarly situated” employees under the FLSA has all but disappeared. So, it’s refreshing to see a case that still requires at least a minimal showing of a similarly situated class – … Continue Reading