On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 4445 into law. Named as the “Ending Force Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act,” it changes the Federal Arbitration Act by removing the mandatory arbitration requirement for Sexual Assault and Harassment victims and giving the victims the discretion to settle their grievances through arbitration or litigate them in court. Furthermore, it makes an arbitration agreement unenforceable or voidable even when the agreement has been made before the act’s passage.
Read MoreUnwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature . . . the conduct explicitly or implicitly affect an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment is the definition of sexual harassment. Contact Tyler Allen Law Firm based in Phoenix Arizona if you’ve been the victim of sexual harassment.
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