The Hewlett-Packard Company was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components as well as software and related services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.
Workers Beware: Forced Arbitration Can Happen To You
HP maintains a Workforce Reduction Plan (WRP) that requires each employee to sign a release in order receive a severance package when laid off of work. The release includes a forced arbitration clause that expressly precludes employees from resolving any and every type of dispute in a court of law. Forsyth v. HP, Inc.