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Dispute Resolution Keyed to Carbonneau, 8th Ed.
Epic Systems v. Lewis
Citation:
138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018)Facts
Epic Systems Corporation, like many employers, required its employees to sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of employment. This agreement specified that employees would arbitrate any disputes that might arise between them and the employer, and that claims “pertaining to different employees [would] be heard in separate proceedings,” effectively prohibiting class or collective actions. Jacob Lewis, a junior accountant at Epic, signed such an agreement. After his employment ended, Lewis sued Epic in federal court, alleging the company had misclassified its junior accountants as exempt from overtime pay in violation of the FLSA and state law. Despite having agreed to individualized arbitration, Lewis sought to pursue his federal claim as a collective action under the FLSA and his state law claim as a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. Epic moved to compel individual arbitration pursuant to the agreement Lewis had signed.
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