Labor/Employment,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Feb. 25, 2019
Google surrenders favored employer tool: mandatory arbitration
Google is the first major employer to end forced arbitration in all employment cases.
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, which has become the first major company to eliminate all mandatory arbitration with its employees.
Google's announcement it will discontinue mandatory arbitration in employment disputes starting March 21 surrenders a favored employers' tool in resolving legal issues at the height of its strength.
The move comes after 20,000 employees walked out last November to protest Google's use of arbitration in sexual harassment cases. Soon after, Alphabet Inc.-owned Google was among several companies to say they would no longer force arbitra...
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