Nunez

*840 INTRODUCTION

Nevell Group, Inc. (Nevell) filed a motion to compel arbitration of the claims filed against it by former employee Xavier Nunez. Nevell and the union to which Nunez belonged were parties to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that provided for arbitration of alleged violations of the relevant wage order. The trial court denied the motion based on Nevell's waiver of its right to compel arbitration, Nevell's delay in filing its motion, and the prejudice Nunez would suffer if the motion were to be granted. We affirm.

Nevell explicitly waived any right to compel arbitration by advising the trial court in writing that it would not file a motion to compel. Nevell also impliedly waived arbitration by permitting two court-ordered deadlines, by which it was to have filed a motion to compel, to pass, and by engaging in significant discovery and other litigation activities inconsistent with the right to arbitration. Nevell argues that he could not have filed a motion to compel arbitration before the Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Cortez v. Doty Bros. Equipment Co. (2017) 15 Cal.App.5th 1 , 222 Cal.Rptr.3d 649 ( Cortez ). We reject that argument because Cortez…