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Supreme Court to consider employee class action agreements

Posted On: Jan. 13, 2017 2:05 PM CST

Supreme Court to consider employee class action agreements

(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether companies can head off costly class action lawsuits by forcing employees to give up their right to pursue work-related legal claims in court as a group.

The justices took up appeals of three lower court rulings, including one involving global professional services giant Ernst & Young that dealt with the legality of agreements signed by workers requiring them to arbitrate disputes with their employers individually rather bring class action lawsuits with their co-workers.