Journal Facts

Journal
Journal of Individual Employment Rights
ISSN
1055-7512 (print) 1541-3799 (electronic)
Volume
2
Issue
1
Date
1/1/1993

Article Facts

Title
Arbitration or Litigation for Employment Civil Rights?
DOI
10.2190/4H9K-JKV3-6QTB-9VTR
Author
Gregory W. Baxter
Pages
19-27
Online Date
05/09/2002

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Arbitration or Litigation for Employment Civil Rights?

Gregory W. Baxter

DOI: 10.2190/4H9K-JKV3-6QTB-9VTR

Abstract

The Supreme Court's May, 1991, decision in Gilmer v. Interstate Johnson Lane allows and encourages Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) of employment discrimination claims without the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) involvement. Congress endorsed ADR in Section 118 of the 1991 Civil Rights Act, amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the new Americans with Disability Act. In combination, Gilmer and Section 118 offer discrimination claimants and respondents relief from the costs and inefficiencies of the current anti-discrimination enforcement system. The ADR promises to be everything the EEOC-and-private-litigation system is not: fair, fast, final, and cheap.

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