Common use of Limitations On How This Agreement Clause in Contracts

Limitations On How This Agreement. Applies This Agreement does not apply to claims for workers’ compensation, state disability insurance and state unemployment insurance benefits, except that claims for retaliation under these laws shall be subject to this Agreement. This Agreement does not apply to any action for emergency or temporary injunctive relief in a court of law in accordance with applicable law, so long as that action is brought on an individual basis and not on a consolidated basis or on behalf of or as part of a collective or class action (a class action involves an arbitration or lawsuit where representative members of a group of individuals who share a common interest seek relief on behalf of the group) pursuant to Section 5 below (however, after the court issues a ruling concerning the emergency or temporary injunctive relief, you and the Company must submit any claim to arbitration pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement does not apply to any claims that would qualify to be heard and determined in small claims court any such claims may be heard in small claims court in lieu of arbitration under this Agreement at the request of you or the Company. Regardless of any other terms of this Agreement, claims may be brought before, and remedies awarded by, an administrative agency if applicable law permits access to such an agency notwithstanding the existence of an agreement to arbitrate. Such administrative claims include without limitation claims or charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (xxx.xxxx.xxx), the U.S. Department of Labor (xxx.xxx.xxx), the National Labor Relations Board (xxx.xxxx.xxx), or the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx/xxxxx). Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude or excuse a party from bringing an administrative claim before any agency in order to fulfill the party’s obligation to exhaust administrative remedies before making a claim in arbitration.

Limitations On How This Agreement. Applies This Agreement does not apply to claims for workers’ compensation, state disability insurance and state unemployment insurance benefits, except that claims for retaliation under these laws shall be subject to this Agreement. This Agreement does not apply to any action for emergency or temporary injunctive relief in a court of law in accordance with applicable law, so long as that action is brought on an individual basis and not on a consolidated basis or on behalf of or as part of a collective or class action (a class action involves an arbitration or lawsuit where representative members of a group of individuals who share a common interest seek relief on behalf of the group) pursuant to Section 5 below (however, after the court issues a ruling concerning the emergency or temporary injunctive relief, you and the Company must submit any claim to arbitration pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement does not apply to any claims that would qualify to be heard and determined in small claims court any such claims may be heard in small claims court in lieu of arbitration under this Agreement at the request of you or the Company. Regardless of any other terms of this Agreement, claims may be brought before, and remedies awarded by, an administrative agency if applicable law permits access to such an agency notwithstanding the existence of an agreement to arbitrate. Such administrative claims include without limitation claims or charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (xxx.xxxx.xxx), the U.S. Department of Labor (xxx.xxx.xxx), the National Labor Relations Board (xxx.xxxx.xxx), or the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx/xxxxx). Nothing in this 1 Agreement shall be deemed to preclude or excuse a party from bringing an administrative claim before any agency in order to fulfill the party’s obligation to exhaust administrative remedies before making a claim in arbitration.