The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.
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A Chance to Speak
Katie Anderson’s story shows the difficulty of finding some measure of accountability after being sexually assaulted.
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Corporate Groups Claiming to Support Service Members Don’t
While the Chamber of Commerce and other groups talk up their commitment to military families, they work behind the scenes to block access to consumer protections.
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Supreme Court Could Shut Down Most Employment Litigation
An upcoming case might nullify a California statute that allows employees to enforce violations of labor law, and possibly federal whistleblower cases too.
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Ban Forced Arbitration? Overturn the Filibuster? Not Us!
Today on TAP: The House bans it in all instances, along party lines, but it will go nowhere in the Senate.
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On Banning (Some) Forced Arbitration
Today on TAP: One lesson to progressives is, get the naming rights!
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Goldman Sachs Finds No Problem With Forced Arbitration
A review conducted by the law firm that represented Jeffrey Epstein determines that Goldman blocking employee access to courts is no problem.
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Chamber of Commerce Tries to Silence Sexual Harassment Victims
In a familiar tactic, the Chamber manufactures an alternative to a broadly bipartisan effort to end forced arbitration for workplace sexual misconduct cases.
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The End of Forced Arbitration?
Persistent advocates and new strategies have led some companies to relent on blocking access to courts. But there’s a long way to go.
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Corporate Lobbyists Seek ‘Grassroots’ Support for Forced Arbitration
Emails reveal a conservative tactic to promote forced arbitration in Arizona: offer $2,000 to sign a local newspaper op-ed.