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Affirming the "strong federal policy favoring arbitration," a policy "often and emphatically applied" by courts in the Second Circuit, a Federal District Court in the Southern District of New York has ordered enforcement of an employment contract arbitration agreement.
In Spencer-Franklin v. Citigroup/Citibank N.A., No. 06 Civ. 3475(GBD), 2007 WL 1052451 (S.D.N.Y. April 05, 2007), Spencer-Franklin brought suit against her employer, Citibank, N.A., for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Citibank moved to compel arbitration as agreed upon in Spencer-Franklin's employment contract.
Because Spencer-Franklin had received a copy of the agreement when it was adopted –along with a memo stating that continued employment would constitute acceptance – and because the signed employee handbook made special mention of the arbitration agreement, the Court determined that the case should be dismissed and the dispute resolved through arbitration.
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