Federal Contractors Wary of Push for Biden Ban on Arbitration

President Joe Biden is being asked to ban mandatory arbitration clauses for federal contract workers via executive order, a tactic that could allow him to circumvent a razor-thin Democratic majority in the Senate and enact a pro-worker policy closely watched by lawmakers, attorneys, and shareholders.

Forty House Democrats last week sent Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris a letter asking the White House to take swift action, saying the pre-dispute agreements enable employers to “evade public accountability by funneling cases into secret tribunals that are designed to be rigged against workers and lack the protections that workers would have in ...