Under Lab. Code 925(a)(1), an employer may not require an employee to agree to adjudicate in another state a dispute arising in California. This decision holds that the provision does not prohibit a court or arbitrator in another state from adjudicating whether section 925 applies. Here, Zhang was a full partner of Dentons, so there was ample room for questioning whether he was an “employee” for purposes of section 925. A New York court was a suitable forum with jurisdiction to decide Dentons’ motion to compel arbitration, particularly as the partnership agreement which Zhang signed required arbitration in Chicago or New York. The agreement also contained a clear delegation clause authorizing the arbitrator to decide issues of arbitrability such as whether Zhang was an employee such that section 925 applied and the dispute had to be adjudicated in California.