“Single Sexual Harassment Claim Eliminates Arbitration of All Employment-Related Claims in the Same Case”

“[U]unwary employers may see a spike in sexual harassment claims, regardless of merit, if only to allow the employee to escape an otherwise valid arbitration agreement.” Such is the prediction of Jared Slater, an attorney with Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, in this article, available in JD Supra. Attorney Slater reviews two recent California decisions holding that the inclusion in a multi-count complaint of a claim alleging conduct constituting a sexual harassment dispute or sexual assault dispute renders all claims non-arbitrable under the federal “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.”