The Daily Labor Report notes that Senators Al Franken and Mary Landrieu proposed legislation designed to address some of the issues raised by the Jamie Leigh Jones case. That case, discussed in one of my earlier posts, addressed the question whether an employee of Halliburton could be required to arbitrate her rape claims as well as other claims. The proposed amendment would preclude the Defense Department from “using funds appropriated by Congress for any new or existing federal contract if a defense contractor or ‘subcontractor at any tier’ requires a worker to sign a contract mandating resolution of certain civil rights or injury claims through arbitration.”

According to the DLR, “Franken told the Senate that ‘Arbitration does have a place in our system, but handling claims of sexual assault and egregious violations of civil rights is not its place.'”