Labor/Employment
Oct. 27, 2022
Federal ban on nondisclosures for sex-based claim could be just a first step
If victims of sexual assault avert further harm by making their stories public, the same should be true for minorities and the disabled, whose testimony could also stop perpetrators from targeting new victims.
Sonya D. Goodwin
Partner
Sauer & Wagner LLP
Phone: 310-712-8100
Email: sgoodwin@swattys.com
Sonya represents employees and employers in a wide range of claims, including wage and hour violations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract.
Ever since the "Me Too" movement started, Congress has slowly acted to protect victims of sexual harassment. For example, last year it enacted H.R.4445 - the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. The law bans forced arbitration for claims of workplace sexual assault and harassment. Then, on Sept. 29, the Senate approved $95
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