Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act
Also known as EFAA
The 2022 federal statute giving claimants the option to void pre-dispute arbitration agreements for sexual assault and harassment claims.
Enacted in 2022, the Act allows a person alleging sexual assault or sexual harassment to elect not to be bound by a pre-dispute arbitration agreement or class waiver. Its practical importance is doctrinal as much as substantive: it demonstrated congressional willingness to carve subject-matter exceptions into the FAA, and it is the template every subsequent consumer and employment arbitration reform proposal has followed.
See also
- Arbitration Carve-OutCategories of dispute excluded from the arbitration obligation.
- Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)The 1925 statute making written arbitration agreements valid, irrevocable, and enforceable.
- Arbitration Reform ProposalsLegislative efforts to restrict or condition pre-dispute arbitration in consumer and employment contracts.
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