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A recent decision from the New Jersey Appellate Division serves as a warning to employers requiring \u00a0employees to sign a bevy of employment-related documents during an orientation period.\u00a0 The case, Imperato v. Medwell, LLC,<\/em> concerned the enforceability of Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate all employment related disputes.<\/p>\n

The employee acknowledged that she signed the agreement on her fourth day of employment with the employer.\u00a0 Immediately above the employee\u2019s signature line was a section titled \u201cVoluntary Agreement,\u201d which read in all capital letters:<\/p>\n

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT, THAT I UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, THAT ALL UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ME RELATING TO THE SUBJECTS COVERED IN THE AGREEMENT ARE CONTAINED IN IT, AND THAT I HAVE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT VOLUNTARILY AND NOT IN RELIANCE ON ANY PROMISES OR REPRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A recent decision from the New Jersey Appellate Division serves as a warning to employers requiring \u00a0employees to sign a bevy of employment-related documents during an orientation period.\u00a0 The case, Imperato v. Medwell, LLC, concerned the enforceability of Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate all employment related disputes. The employee acknowledged that she signed the agreement on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-4722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cPLEASE, DON\u2019T SIGN NOW, TAKE IT HOME AND THINK IT OVER\u201d: A Cautionary Tale for Employers — February 9, 2021 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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