S 1491
116th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Restoring Justice for Workers Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Restoring Justice for Workers Act
This bill prohibits predispute arbitration agreements that require arbitration of an employment dispute.
It allows a postdispute arbitration agreement if the employee enters into it voluntarily without coercion and is informed in writing of rights and protections under such agreement. An employer may not retaliate against an employee for refusing to enter into an agreement for arbitrating an employment dispute.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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