House Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Pacts (2022)

Of 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.

Note that this is written by an HR trade group that has lobbied against the bill. The most important piece:<p>&gt; 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.<p>Arbitration is still available, but employees can&#x27;t be forced to sign agreements to arbitrate future disputes.

&gt; 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. &quot;This bill will ban arbitration agreements across nearly all contracts,&quot; he said. &quot;It outlaws arbitration agreements with respect to not only big, huge corporations but the most humble businesses and parties in the country.&quot;<p>Absolutely horrible, won&#x27;t you think of the mom and pop shops that force their employees into binding arbitration agreements?<p>It&#x27;s pretty mask off when a bill that makes it so that <i>both</i> parties have to agree and have the right to to refuse arbitration means an effective ban on it.

&gt; Far reach<p>Political strategy to both claim political points and yet make sure nothing passes. At the end of the day, there is a whole lot of posturing and flags of victory by both sides. Republicans love it because it keeps the corporate America on their toes to keep politicians closely in their pockets. Democrats love it because it makes their party look better even if&#x2F; when they are complete trash.<p>Sickening.

Now do it for everything else.

Thankfully it never passed the senate.

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