Judge halts California law banning forced arbitration at the workplace

A California law that would bar job applicants and workers from having to submit to mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment was put on hold Monday by a federal judge in Sacramento little more than a day before it was set to take effect Jan. 1.

U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ruled that the California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups had raised "serious questions" about Assembly Bill 51, which was