What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss

Re:What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss by dcosson on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:02PM (#18994911)

Aren't there already systems in place within the legal system to allow this? Like small claims court or appealing a parking ticket, where you present the case to one judge and they decide rather than holding a full trial before a jury.

I don't see why relying on one arbiter saves any more time than relying on one judge. Is it that the arbiter would be less qualified/lower paid than a judge?

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Re:What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss by maxlybbert on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:11PM (#18994968)

To be legal, arbitration must be fair and protect the legal rights of both parties (although enforcing that requirement is obviously difficult). But arbitration doesn’t have to be as formal as a regular court, and that informality is supposed to save a lot of money, so US law actually prefers arbitration when it’s an option.

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Re:What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss by alistairSH on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:10PM (#18994965)

Small claims is capped at very small values. $5000 in VA. $5000 (corporation) or $10000 (individual) in CA. Too low for sexual harassment or other career-impacting transgressions by an employer.

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Re:What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss by jedberg on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:07PM (#18994946)

It's basically small claims court except with possibly less qualified people and for larger amounts of money.

Small claims is like that specifically because it is a small amount of money.

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Re:What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss by hopler on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:58AM (#18998426)

Yes. For example to NLRB and CFPB and the FTC and the EPA and every other agency the curtains us govt is trying to kill.

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