Can an employer use an arbitration agreement to stop an administrative investigation into alleged employment discrimination by the EEOC or an equivalent state agency?
No way, buy it didn’t stop Uber from trying. The case involves Uber and its former driver, Kevin Boddie. Uber revoked Boddie’s ability to drive for Uber when it discovered that Boddie had a 16-year-old criminal conviction. In response, Boddie filed a charge of discrimination with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (“PHRC”) alleging age and…