Nathaniel

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

The record in this case is sparse and contains little detail about Nathaniel’s employment relationship with Greene Motors, a car dealership known as Avery Greene Honda in Vallejo. What we know is that Nathaniel applied for a job as a “Service–Advisor” with Greene Motors in fall 2015. He

1 signed an arbitration agreement printed on his form employment application, as all applicants are required to do. The font size of the agreement and the low quality of the copy in the appellate record make it difficult to discern each word of the clause governing alternative dispute resolution. Nathaniel was hired and in December 2015 he signed a second arbitration agreement as part of the “onboarding process,” again because he was required to do so to work for Greene Motors. We gather from the parties’ briefing in the trial court that this agreement was identical, “or nearly so,” to the one contained in Nathaniel’s employment application. A copy of the arbitration agreement Nathaniel signed in December 2015 appears in the record on a single page titled “AGREEMENTS.” Nathaniel’s signature appears after a paragraph titled “At Will Employment Agreement” that…