H.R.4181: To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from such title.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about law
  • Introduced March 8, 2012
  • Latest Major Action March 15, 2012

Bill Summary

Amends federal arbitration law to exclude from the definition of "commerce" all contracts of employment. (Current law excludes only the employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, and other classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.) Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment dispute. Defines "employment dispute" as a dispute between an...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
March 8, 2012

Introduced in the House by Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

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