Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Government,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jun. 19, 2019
Forced arbitration: How AB 51 could right many wrongs
A bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, Assembly Bill 51, would ensure employees have the option of taking their workplace sexual misconduct claims and other labor claims to a public forum, such as a court or state agency.
Mike Arias
Managing Partner
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team LLP
Phone: (310) 844-9696
Email: mike@asstlawyers.com
He is a past president of both the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), two of the largest trial lawyer associations in the nation. He was also named a CAOC Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2021.
In response to a walkout by 20,000 employees last year, Google announced the scrapping of its policy requiring workers to arbitrate sexual misconduct claims. The tech giant made an even more profound change earlier this year by declaring it was eliminating forced arbitration altogether.
Google's actions were laudable, but there remain millions of California workers who are required to sign away their rights to take their legitimate g...
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