3.0.0 852 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z Senate S 2015-03-24 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-24T18:39:41Z 2015-03-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Labor and Employment Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Crime victims Crimes against women Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations Sex offenses Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2015-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-28T14:32:20Z 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.
]]> A Voice for Victims Act of 2015 Display Title A Voice for Victims Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide that employment-related arbitration agreements shall not be enforceable with respect to any claim related to a tort arising out of rape. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced A Voice for Victims Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s852is/xml/BILLS-114s852is.xml 2015-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.