Yeganeh

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appellant AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation (AmeriSave) is an online mortgage lender based in Georgia. AmeriSave hired respondent Shahrokh Yeganeh in November 2021. As part of its onboarding process, AmeriSave says, it would provide new employees with copies of the company’s employee manual, and would have them sign a receipt and acknowledgment of the manual. Yeganeh signed this document in November 2021. The employee manual contained a policy requiring arbitration of “covered claims.” The manual defines “covered claims” as “claims, disputes and/or controversies prior and/or subsequent to th[e] policy . . . arising from, relating to, or having any relationship or connection whatsoever with the Fair [L]abor Standards Act (‘FLSA’), any state or local wage and hour statute, or any other claim or cause of action alleging you were paid improperly or paid insufficient wages, overtime, or any compensation.” The receipt and acknowledgement of the manual states the employee agrees “that

2 as a condition of [his or her] employment or continued employment,” covered claims must be arbitrated.1 Yeganeh said he signed the receipt and acknowledgment with the understanding that…