H.R. 4181 · 112th Congress
To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from such title.
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Amends federal arbitration law to exclude from the definition of "commerce" all contracts of employment. (Current law excludes only the employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, and other classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.)
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 8, 2012
Amends federal arbitration law to exclude from the definition of "commerce" all contracts of employment. (Current law excludes only the employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, and other classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.)
Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment dispute.
Defines "employment dispute" as a dispute between an employer and employee arising out of the employer-employee relationship.
Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from such title.
Latest action (Mar 15, 2012): Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 8, 2012
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.