Leeper

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

A. The Arbitration Agreement Between Leeper and Appellants Shipt is an online ordering platform whose members arrange for Shipt “[s]hoppers” to purchase and provide delivery of goods from local merchants. On March 19, 2019, Leeper entered into an independent contractor agreement with Shipt to provide services as a Shipt shopper. The independent contractor

1 Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to the Labor Code. 2 See pages 6–7, post, regarding our use of the terminology “individual PAGA claim” and “representative PAGA claim.”

2 agreement references and incorporates a separate arbitration agreement Leeper and Shipt also executed. The arbitration agreement obligates Leeper and appellants3 to “resolve[ ] through mandatory, binding arbitration” “any and all disputes, claims, or controversies of any kind and nature between [them].” The arbitration agreement also delegates to the arbitrator several threshold issues, including “disputes about whether any claims, controversies, or disputes between us are subject to arbitration” and “claims . . . regarding the scope, interpretation, validity, and enforceability of any…