Labor/Employment
Feb. 28, 2002
A Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clause Doesn't Limit the Jurisdiction of the EEOC
Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first major practical limitation on pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate job-bias claims in EEOC v. Waffle House Inc. , 2002 DJDAR 485 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2002). The court ruled that even though such agreements bind the employee to arbitrate such claims, they do not preclude the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from going to court on the employee's behalf to obtain victim-specific relief, including damages.




By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first major practical limitation on pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate job-bias claims in EEOC v. Waf...
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