“Forced arbitration isn’t court. … Proceedings are conducted in secret, often by arbitrators selected and paid for by the employer … Forced arbitration shielded perpetrators, silenced survivors, and enabled employers to sweep episodes of sexual assault and harassment under the rug. And it kept survivors from knowing if others have experienced the same thing, in the same workplace, at the hands of the same person.” 

—Remarks by President Joe Biden at signing of H.R. 4445, “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021”

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