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Re: The Halliburton KBR sex assault case

On Feb 8, 2008 6:05 AM, ken hanly <northsunm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The entire article is here:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4249898&page=1
>
> The part that puzzles me a bit is this:
>
>  mother of five who says she was sexually harassed and
> assaulted while working for Halliburton/KBR in Iraq is
> headed for a secretive arbitration process rather than
> being able to present her case in open court.
> A judge in Texas has ruled that Tracy Barker's case
> will be heard in arbitration, according to the terms
> of her initial employment contract.
>
>    Why cannot the woman choose to go court? If the
> woman is not satisfied with the arbitration can she
> then go to court or is this binding arbitration?
>
>


It's in her employment contract BINDING arbitration.

Leigh
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