“One of the Biggest Workplace Reforms in History”: Passage of Bipartisan Bill Is Major Victory for the MeToo Movement

In 2017, as the #MeToo movement was gaining steam in the United States, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Cheri Bustos put forth legislation to end the forced arbitration rules that prevented many who had experienced sexual misconduct in the workplace—like the former Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson—from taking their claims to court. More than four years later, that bill is now poised to become law. The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act—introduced by Bustos in the House and by Gillibrand and Lindsey Graham in the Senate—overwhelmingly passed in the lower chamber earlier this week and on Thursday did… Read Full Article