Rent-A-Center Worker Avoids Arbitration Under #MeToo Opt-Out Law

RAC Acceptance East LLC can’t require a manager to arbitrate her sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims, which accrued after a #MeToo-inspired opt-out law took effect, a Boston federal judge ruled.

The decision Thursday by the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the latest to address the reach of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which enables workers to void valid arbitration agreements when they assert claims relating to a “sexual harassment dispute.”

EFAA issues brewing in federal courts include whether sexual misconduct must be at issue for the law to apply, ...