Arbitration dealt a blow; EEOC suits not barred: High court.(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission )(Brief Article)

From: Business Insurance | Date: January 21, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON-Employers may find the use of arbitration to settle employment disputes less attractive in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision holding that an arbitration agreement does not bar the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ``from pursing victim-specific judicial relief'' including back pay and damages.

But the high court's 6-to-3 decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs. Waffle House Inc. by no means marks the end of arbitration agreements as a means of keeping employment disputes out of the courts, as even the EEOC chair noted in a statement ...

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