Arcos

BACKGROUND

A. The Parties’ Arbitration Agreement Axiom, a California corporation located in Orange County, hired Arcos as a shipping and receiving clerk in January 2019.1 When he began working for Axiom, Arcos signed an arbitration agreement presented by Axiom. The Agreement had 13 numbered paragraphs; the first three are relevant here. The first paragraph (Paragraph 1) is entitled “Arbitration of Disputes, Waiver of Jury Trial and Applicable Rules.” (Boldface & underline omitted.) It reads: “Except as set forth in Paragraph 3, below, Employee and Company agree that all claims Employee may have against Company . . . and all claims Company may have against Employee, relating in any way to Employee’s recruitment, hiring, employment with or

Axiom designs and manufactures products from composite materials that are used in the aerospace, military, and automotive industries, and it sells and ships equipment and parts across state lines and internationally.

2 termination of employment from Company, or otherwise arising between Employee and Company, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration, under the Federal Arbitration Act (‘FAA’), in accordance with…