Breast-Pumping Harassment Claims Not Enough to Nix Arbitration

A Florida bartender can’t pursue her sex and pregnancy bias and retaliation lawsuit in court because allegations that she was harassed while expressing breast milk failed to trigger a federal arbitration opt-out law.

The ruling Tuesday by the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida in a suit against Hillstone Restaurant Group Inc. is the latest to probe when a worker has alleged a “sexual harassment dispute” under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. The #MeToo-spurred 2022 law allows workers to void otherwise valid employment arbitration agreements if they allege conduct that constitutes ...