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Supreme Court Enforces Mandatory Arbitration of ADEA Claims under Collective Bargaining Agreement



by Bethany Steffke Sweeny
Butzel Long, [incorporation phrase format]a professional corporation - Detroit Office

Benjamin Steffans
Butzel Long, [incorporation phrase format]a professional corporation - Detroit Office

May 22, 2009

Previously published on April 3, 2009

In an opinion issued this week, the United States Supreme Court in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett definitively held that a provision in a collective bargaining agreement that clearly and unmistakably requires union members to arbitrate claims pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") is enforceable under federal law.


 

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