Appeals Court Favors Giants in Wage Dispute Involving Security Guards

A California state appeals court has reversed a trial court and found that a group of security guard employees who brought wage and hour claims against the San Francisco Giants must pursue their claim through the arbitration process.   While the alleged statutory violation did not come within the scope of the contractual arbitration provision of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the employer and the employees' union, the appeals court found that federal preemption applied un