Five years since the MeToo movement took off, a change is coming that will give women more protections in the workplace, and – a rarity for Washington – the measure has bipartisan backing.
, a mandatory arbitration researcher with the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign College of Law’s School of Labor and Employment Relations, said arbitration has been around since King Solomon suggested splitting a baby, and it can be a good system when it’s voluntary.
Often businesses design the arbitration system to work in their favor — a complainant may not be allowed to have an attorney, or if the complainant loses, they may have to pay for the process. These biases came to light during the #MeToo movement, including as former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson went public with allegations against now deceased network executive Roger Ailes.
It’s important to remember, UIS legal scholar Anthony said, that forced arbitration is still permitted for other workplace claims, such as those of racial or religious discrimination or family leave disputes.
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