House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
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#2Of course employers love arbitration. An arbitrator is not bound by precedent, the law, or even the agreement itself. Why does every corporation say they'll pay for the arbitration? Because when you're an arbitrator looking for work you want the corporation to come to you. So you rule for them as often as possible. There's no official collusion but a giant load of perverse incentive for them to be as corrupt as possible.
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#3Now do it for everything else.
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#4Thankfully it never passed the senate.
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#5Note that this is written by an HR trade group that has lobbied against the bill. The most important piece:
> Nadler emphasized that the bill would not ban all arbitration pacts—only mandatory pre-dispute agreements. Parties would still be free to choose arbitration after the dispute arises.
Arbitration is still available, but employees can't be forced to sign agreements to arbitrate future disputes.
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#6Of course employers love arbitration. An arbitrator is not bound by precedent, the law, or even the agreement itself. Why does every corporation say they'll pay for the arbitration? Because when you're an arbitrator looking for work you want the corporation to come to you. So you rule for them as often as possible. There's no official collusion but a giant load of perverse incentive for them to be as corrupt as possi…
The company will also be acutely familiar with which arguments worked on the arbitrator in the past and which ones did not.
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#7> Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., however, raised concerns that the broad prohibitions in the FAIR Act would prevent parties from freely entering into contracts and would burden the judicial system. "This bill will ban arbitration agreements across nearly all contracts," he said. "It outlaws arbitration agreements with respect to not only big, huge corporations but the most humble businesses and parties in the country."
Absolutely horrible, won't you think of the mom and pop shops that force their employees into binding arbitration agreements?
It's pretty mask off when a bill that makes it so that both parties have to agree and have the right to to refuse arbitration means an effective ban on it.
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#8Thankfully it never passed the senate.
1. Why do you believe it wouldn't pass the Senate?
2. Why would you be thankful if it were to fail?
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#9Oh yeah!
SHRM.org is not biased on this topic at all, and their coverage of the topic is 100% objective! /s
Re: House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)
#10Thankfully it never passed the senate.
1. Why do you believe it wouldn't pass the Senate? 2. Why would you be thankful if it were to fail?
This article was from 2022. The bill died after the congress adjourned.
I handle litigation for my company. The far majority of it is someone looking for a payday. We blow millions of dollars on lawyers fighting BS lawsuits. It sickens me. I'm a lawyer and litigators disgust me (for the most part). It's 90% bottom feeders.