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Labor/Employment

Apr. 17, 2010

New Law Forbids Forced Arbitration for Contractors

A law intended to curb arbitration abuses by U.S. defense contractors may wind up giving a day in court to a much wider swath of the American workforce.

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A law intended to curb arbitration abuses by major U.S. defense contractors may wind up changing the way workplace discrimination claims against thousands of companies are handled.

Any company with a U.S. Department of Defense contract of more than $1 million must change policies that force workers to take discrimination or sexual assault claims straight to arbitration or risk losing...

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