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S. 852

A Voice for Victims Act of 2015

A Voice for Victims Act of 2015

This bill makes unenforceable any agreement between an employer and an employee to arbitrate a dispute with respect to a tort claim arising out of rape.

This declaration applies to:

  • any "employer" engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks (excluding the United States, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, or any agency of the District of Columbia subject to competitive service, or a bona fide private membership club [other than a labor organization] which is exempt from federal taxation); and
  • any "employee" except individuals elected to state public office, personal staff of such an officer, or policy-making appointees or immediate advisers to the office.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA](R-LA)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

A Voice for Victims Act of 2015 — Informed