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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2749 (Introduced in House) — To prohibit forced arbitration in work disputes, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Protection of concerted activity

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Section 8(a) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 158(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to enter into or attempt to enforce any agreement, express or implied, whereby prior to a dispute to which the agreement applies, an employee undertakes or promises not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from or relating to the employment of such employee in any forum that, but for such agreement, is of competent jurisdiction; to coerce such an employee into undertaking or promising not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from or relating to the employment of such employee; or to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against an employee for refusing to undertake or promise not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from or relating to the employment of such employee:
Provided , That any agreement that violates this paragraph or results from a violation of this paragraph shall be to such extent unenforceable and void: Provided further , That this paragraph shall not apply to any agreement embodied in or expressly permitted by a contract between an employer and a labor organization. . Section 10(b) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 160(b) ) is amended by striking discharge and inserting discharge, or unless the person aggrieved thereby is an employee alleging a violation of section 8(a)(6) whose charge involves a postdispute arbitration agreement that meets the requirements under section 402(a)(2) of title 9, United States Code, or an agreement described in section 402(a)(4) of such title that meets the requirements under subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of section 402(a)(2) of such title, in which event the six-month period shall be computed from the day the waiting period described in subparagraph
(C)of such section ends .
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