Silva

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. The parties Cross Country Staffing, Inc. is a “comprehensive health care staffing company” that “recruits and places healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area of experience in hospitals globally.” Isabel Silva, Alejandro Garcia, and Janai Velasco (collectively, plaintiffs) are all former or current employees of Cross Country Staffing. B. The two agreements At the time plaintiffs started their employment with Cross Country Staffing, each signed the same two contracts—namely, (1) an “Arbitration Agreement”1 and (2) an “Employment Agreement.” 1. Arbitration Agreement In the Arbitration Agreement, the newly hired employee and Cross Country Staffing “agree that binding arbitration shall be the exclusive means of resolving all claims between them, whether or not arising out of or in any way related to [the employee’s] employment with [Cross Country Staffing] or the termination thereof.” Claims “covered” by the agreement reach “violation[s] of any . . . federal, state or local statute, ordinance or

Although plaintiffs have denied signing the Arbitration Agreement, Cross Country Staffing produced…