Aetna
Aetna Inc. is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, primarily through employer-paid (fully or partly) insurance and benefit programs, and through Medicare. Since November 28, 2018, the company has been a subsidiary of CVS Health.
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Ending Forced Arbitration in the Workplace
When Linda Guyden sought to enforce the whistleblower protections found in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act against her former employer, Aetna drove her claim into secret arbitration proceedings. Guyden v. Aetna Inc., No. 06-4954-cv (2d Cir. Oct. 2, 2008).
In 2016, Lori Stover-Davis filed a claim alleging that Aetna both failed to accommodate her disability and then fired her in retaliation for her complaining about it. The company succeeded in compelling arbitration based on the fine print they inserted into Aetna’s employee handbook. Stover-Davis v. Aetna Life Ins., No. 1:15-cv-1938-BAM, (E.D. Cal. May 12, 2016).
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