Can an employer force an employee to sign a non-negotiable employment agreement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Limon v. Abm Indus. Groups, LLC, Case No.: 3:18-cv-00701 (S.D. Cal. 2018):
duress or other manipulation. Baltazar v. Forever 21, Inc., 62 Cal. 4th 1237, 1245 (2016). However, "[i]n the employment context, if an employee must sign a non-negotiable employment agreement as a condition of employment but there is no other indication of oppression or surprise, then the agreement will be enforceable unless the degree of substantive unconscionability is high." Poublon, 846 F.3d 1251, 1261 (9th Cir. 2017) (internal quotations and citation omitted).
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