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Microsoft Eliminates Forced Arbitration Agreements

Microsoft has eliminated forced arbitration agreements with employees who make sexual harassment claims, and is supporting a proposed federal law that would widely ban such agreements, The New York Times reports. “The moves make Microsoft an early company -- and certainly the most prominent -- to take such steps to end legal agreements that have been criticized for helping to perpetuate sexual abuse in the workplace,” The Times writes.

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