California's New #MeToo-Inspired Laws (And Everything That Didn't Make It)
Publicly held companies will be required to have at least one woman on their board of directors, and another law prohibits nondisclosure provisions in settlements involving sexual misconduct. But the governor vetoed one bill that would have restricted the use of mandatory arbitration provisions.
October 01, 2018 at 07:46 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday night signed a suite of #MeToo-inspired bills that require corporate boards to add more women and that limit nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements in sexual harassment and sexual discrimination settlements.
But the governor vetoed three related pieces of legislation, including the closely watched AB 3080, which would have prohibited mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment. Brown nixed similar legislation three years ago. Supporters of the latest bill, who said forced workplace arbitration silences victims while protecting harassers, failed to sway him.
“Since this bill plainly violates federal law,” Brown wrote of AB 3080, “I cannot sign this measure.”
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