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WEEKS v. HARDEN MANUFACTURING CORP.
15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C601 (11th Cir. May 22, 2002)
Employer required employees to sign a compulsory arbitration agreement as a condition of continued employment. Several employees who refused were terminated. The plaintiffs claimed that the mandatory arbitration provisions were an unlawful employment practice and that they were terminated in retaliation for statutorily protected practice. The appellate court found that the plaintiffs could not have reasonably believed that the employer was engaged in an unlawful employment practice by requiring its employees to sign the agreements because courts have consistently found that claims arising under federal statutes may be the subject of arbitration agreements and are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. Furthermore, there is nothing in the text of Title VII, ADEA, or the ADA which identifies compulsory arbitration as an unlawful employment practice.
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