In a lawsuit filed based on state and federal minimum-wage statutes, the defendant employer appealed from a district court order staying proceedings pending arbitration. At issue was whether the plaintiff had agreed to arbitrate any claims during the employee on boarding process. The district court concluded that defendant did not establish that plaintiff agreed to arbitrate where plaintiff submitted an affidavit explaining that human-relations staff filled out the forms and did not explain them to the plaintiff. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, explaining that it could not disturb the district court’s order where the only evidence was plaintiff’s affidavit in which he stated he did not agree to arbitrate so that the evidence in the record did not show that the district court’s conclusion was clearly erroneous. (PRYOR and MALDONADO, concurring)
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Arbitration Clause