Originally Posted by Doug Heard
Why would you sue the company? That doesn't make as much sense as suing the cops because you got raped, robbed or what ever.


Because in this case, she was allegedly raped by co-workers, locked inside a shipping container and then told by the company she would be fired if she sought medical help.

Duncan has it wrong: it wasn't a bill, it was an amendment to a spending bill.

The amendment states that Halliburton, KBR and others can't get funding for Federal contracts if they require their employees to agree to arbitration clauses that essentially rob them of their day in court if they're sexually assaulted. So if you're KBR and you want Federal money, now you have to take some responsibility for what happens on your watch.

I think it's appalling that someone could be raped on the job by co-workers and then not have any recourse to the law because of some arbitration clause.

Last edited by scottandrew; 10/20/09 11:48 PM.