Last week Congress approved the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act that amends the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) “invalidating clauses in employment agreements requiring employees to arbitrate claims of sexual assault or sexual harassment.”
This is an amazing new law that, once signed by President Biden, will ensure employers, universities and other organizations will no longer be able to require people to sign away their right to file a lawsuit over sexual harassment allegations.
Most people, especially women, don’t realize that once they sign an employment agreement, they are giving up their right to pursue legal action in court. This is a huge step for law towards increasing protections in the workplace.
Read more on the bill below.
https://lnkd.in/gHGDKw3H
