{O/C} Staying in the United States. It was an iconic day of justice and fairness as an act banning forced arbitration for sexual assault and harassment has been signed into law.
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President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act into law to stop people from forcing victims to settle claims of sexual assault or harassment via private arbitration instead of litigation.
Employers will no longer benefit from arbitration, which has been keeping misconduct allegations from coming to light.
The law retroactively shields an estimated 60 million workers who slipped through the cracks and then suffered indignities from more harm.
As a consequence of the #MeToo movement, the widespread forced arbitration practice has been on the firing line.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, who accused the network's late CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment and harming her career when she actually rejected him, testified to Congress in favour of the bill.
Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who has zeroed in on combating sexual harassment and misconduct in the U.S. military, originated introduced this particular bill in 2017 alongside Senator Lindsey Graham.
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