Arbitrating Employment Disputes: Pro and Con
June 24th, 2009
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I prepared a Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement (“PIIA”) to be signed by the employees of a small but established technology company in the Bay Area. The PIIA ensures that the company owns whatever employees create on the job, and it obligates employees not to disclose the company’s proprietary information to third parties.
The client pointed out, however, a conflict between the PIIA and the existing Employee Handbook: The PIIA states that any dispute will be resolved in state or federal court in San Francisco, but the Handbook states that all employment disputes will be subject to arbitration. The client asked me how this conflict should be resolved.
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Categories: Arbitration, Employment
Dana Shultz is a business-savvy lawyer with in-depth knowledge of law, business, technology, and the needs of startup and early-stage companies. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area (Northern California), Dana develops close working relationships with clients based on a positive attitude and rock-solid dependability so he can deliver High-touch Legal Services® - thus the name of this blog.