To address this, we need to ban mandatory arbitration clauses and class action waivers in all employment contracts by passing legislation to prohibit agreements that force arbitration of employment disputes, and prohibit agreements and practices that interfere with participation in class action lawsuits.
Ban mandatory arbitration clauses and class action waivers in employment contracts.
Occurrences
Eliminate Rules Preventing Workers From Suing Employers For Violations
Evidence
Congress.gov lists Adam Schiff as a cosponsor of H.R.2953, and the bill's latest action is only "Read twice and referred"; the measure remained in introduced status.
The bill text states that no predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver shall be valid or enforceable for employment disputes, including class and collective actions.
Assessments
Schiff cosponsored or supported federal FAIR Act legislation that would have banned predispute mandatory arbitration clauses and class/joint-action waivers in employment disputes, matching the promise. However, the cited 118th Congress bill did not become law and remained at introduction/referral. There is evidence of a serious legislative attempt, but not of the promised federal policy being delivered.