Colorado Employment Law Blog

Practical Tips for Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

By Mark Wiletsky

  Organizations sometimes require employees to arbitrate claims or disputes that might arise during, or after, the employment relationship.  Individuals typically sign such agreements upon being hired, but they do not always want to comply with them when a dispute arises.  And attorneys representing employees often want to present their case to a jury, not an arbitrator.  Careful planning allows employers to avoid some common traps that result in arbitration agreements being invalidated.  

Unforeseeable Circumstances Justify Layoff Without WARN Notice

By Jude Biggs

 

    The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires large employers to provide 60 days’ advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff.  Sometimes circumstances are such that an employer needs to act quickly to lay off employees and can’t provide the 60 days’ notice required by WARN.  A recent Tenth Circuit decision describes when covered employers may skip the notice requirements under WARN’s “unforeseeable business circumstances” exception.