Gosselin

BACKGROUND

In the fall of 2020, Gosselin applied for a position at 53 Kitchen and Cocktails (53 Kitchen), a restaurant in the Mammoth Mountain ski resort area of Mammoth Lakes, California. Among the documents that Gosselin electronically signed in connection with that application was a one-page arbitration agreement (the agreement), which provided in relevant part: (1) that it “outlines the arbitration program maintained by Compass Group USA, Inc. and its companies, subsidiaries, sectors, affiliates and divisions (‘Compass Related Entities’)”; (2) that it “covers any claim that arises out of or relates to the undersigned’s employment with any of the Compass Related Entities”; and (3) that “I and the Compass Related Entities agree to utilize binding individual arbitration as the sole

2 and exclusive means to resolve all disputes that may arise out of or be related in any way to my employment, including but not limited to the termination of my employment and my compensation.” Gosselin was unaware that 53 Kitchen, like approximately 20 other local food and beverage operations, was owned or operated by Levy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Compass Group. According to Levy, Gosselin was…