This week President Biden officially signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault & Sexual Harassment Act into law! This is a huge leap towards justice for women in the workplace.
The law prohibits employers from forcing workers to settle sexual harassment claims through arbitration that often favor and protect the alleged perpetrator. With about 60 million U.S. employees bound by arbitration clauses, this new law allows employees to file a lawsuit in court rather than being subject to a system that favors the repeat players (employers). The law allows the parties to agree to arbitration.
As Biden said, “It should be their choice and nobody else’s choice.”
