Murphy held that “compelling arbitration in the present action could impair the PHRC’s interest in investigating future charges of discrimination filed by individuals who are subject to an arbitration clause.”
An attempt from Uber to evade an employment discrimination investigation, while “creative,” did not pass legal muster, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 23 threw out a lawsuit Uber filed seeking to enforce its arbitration agreement with a former employee. Murphy ruled that the ride-hailing company could not use the agreement as a means to stop an investigation by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
