BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P.J.
In this appeal we decide whether an employee's claim for unpaid wages should be heard by an arbitrator or by California's Labor Commissioner. The employer and employee agreed to submit all disputes arising from their employment contract to binding arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA," 9 U.S.C., § 1 et seq.). However, California Labor Code section 229 specifically exempts from arbitration claims for unpaid wages...
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