FINRA Tries To Shut Down "Collective Action" Arbitration For Frustrated Brokerage Firm Employees Hot

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FINRA has proposed a new rule that would formally ban collective actions -- currently a gray area -- from its arbitration system as well as already-prohibited class actions.

 

"Class action" automatically incorporates everyone who might be covered by a legal dispute, forcing them to opt out of the case. 

 

"Collective actions" require people to actively opt in.

 

FINRA has traditionally refused to hear complaints from brokers about work conditions that follow either format, but only class actions have been formally banned.

 

However, disputes surrounding the Fair Labor Standards Act and similar federal anti-discrimination rules are technically collective actions by definition.

 

At the moment, district courts are bouncing these cases back to FINRA, arguing that collective action is not prohibited in the arbitration system.

 

If FINRA closes the loophole, disgruntled brokerage employees will have no choice but to go to court to fight for their rights -- as many did several years ago, wringing costly concessions from the wirehouses.

 

 

 

 

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