Shields v. Taulbee

How courts have described this case

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• finding that CBA did not mandate arbitration for statutory employment discrimination claims because antidiscrimination provision did not specify that arbitration was required
• finding that a CBA did not mandate arbitration of statutory claims where the CBA did not specifically name the statutes as subject to arbitration
• finding that the clear-and-unmistakable-waiver standard was not satisfied by a CBA provision that provided that arbitration would be the “exclusive forum” for discrimination claims
• “Taking FMLA leave is not a protected activity within the meaning of the NYCHRL.”
• “A temporary leave of absence, even an extended leave, can be a reasonable accommodation.”
• “[W]hen an employee has received twelve weeks of leave in a given year and is discharged for being unable to return to work, the employee cannot maintain an interference claim.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).