The Effects of Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims: Perceptions of Justice and Suggestions for Change |
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Authors: | Cynthia F. Cohen Theresa Domagalski |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Management, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, BSN 3403, Tampa, Florida, 33620-5500 |
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Abstract: | The ability of employers to require employees to submit claims of discrimination to final and binding arbitration in lieu of exercising their statutory rights represents a significant change in public policy. The methods traditionally used by enforcing agencies to investigate discrimination claims provide assistance and intervention that redress power asymmetries between employees and employers. Depriving employees of these enforcement mechanisms and requiring them to use arbitration may have adverse effects on perceptions of justice, both in procedural and distributive terms. We propose that mutuality, equality, and remediality are issues that must be addressed in situations of mandatory arbitration. We also suggest that mandatory arbitration may have other effects including expanding the scope of issues well beyond discrimination claims. |
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Keywords: | employment discrimination arbitration organizational justice alternative dispute resolution |
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