Increase Workplace Transparency with Regard to Arbitration Agreements, the Rights of Employees and Legal Remedies

Last updated: May 19, 2021

Details about this bill
Category: Wage and Labor
Status: Defeated
Sponsor: Senator David Miramant, Senate 12 - Knox County
Session: 130
Bill #: LD 1519

Position:

Monitoring.

Summary:

Senator Miramant of Knox would enact the Maine Workplace Transparency Act that ensures certain rights for employees subject to arbitration agreements as part of their employment. The bill provides a list of unconscionable terms in an arbitration agreement that may not be used against employees and a list of rights for employees in their conduct in and out of the workplace.