Court Questions If ‘Garden Variety’ Sex Bias Qualifies as Harassment

A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday grappled with whether a federal law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims applies to a former CVS store manager’s lawsuit alleging that her sexist boss discriminated against her.

A three-judge 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia heard arguments in an appeal by Michelle Cornelius of a New Jersey judge’s ruling that said the 2022 law was limited to allegations involving “unwelcomed sexual advances or behavior motivated by a sexual desire” and sent her claims to arbitration.

Read more at Reuters.