What BMS doesn't want you to know about Arbitration

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  1. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    -You should speak to an employment attorney in your state before taking this or any other advice. However...

    If you sign this , You are in effect being denied your right as a US Citizen to a fair trail in the courts. And you have an option that won't get you fired.

    The reason why BMS wants you to sign the arbitration agreement is that arbitrators do not give the large awards that jury's do. It's a major difference. It's corrupt. The arbitrators want to please the companies because they are the repeat customers. (not the employee). Similar to real estate appraisers trying to keep their lenders happy. This is the very reason the court systems are set up the way they are, to prevent this type of injustice. Arbitration is North Korea style justice. You should never give up your right to a trail. If you do go to arbitration there's little benefit for you. An arbitrator can cost you around $15K or more. You still end up paying a lawyer to make your case to them. That's CRAZY! The only benefit for the employee may be that the case is settled fairly fast instead of drug out over years.

    More they don't want you to know:

    -The ability to force arbitration varies state by state. Just google it.
    -In some states they can't really force you to arbitration if you want a trial and in some states supreme courts have ruled that an unsigned arbitration agreement means no agreement exists, even if the agreement says that "non signing is the same as agreeing to it." That means you will be in the driver seat and be able to chose between arbitration or a court.
    -Overall forced arbitration is becoming suspect with high courts . BMS is behind on this legal trend and it will backfire on them.

    The cards are stacked against the employee. The company can fire you for the way you part your hair and it's legal unless you can prove you were fired due to Age, Sex, Religion etc. And even if you were it's very difficult to prove. And when companies start forcing arbitration agreements to avoid paying for their lawbreaking , word gets out and it diminishes there ability to attract quality people.

    I wouldn't sign.
     

  2. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    fuck the company and agreement
     
  3. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Another BMS sneaky underhanded tactic. Not only does the new 'Culture' dictate subser
    vience and puppy-like loyalty, they have to force us to do this too? Read it carefully-it mentions not having to pay bonus if you don't sign. Definitely worth taking to a lawyer at least to have them look over (even if you have to pay) This company has Hitler like culture guised as 'new' culture.
    Never seen anything like it and I've been in industry over 25 years.
     
  4. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    My thoughts here are why are they so nervous about employees going to court? What are they trying to hid and what are they worried about? The very act of getting employees to sign this tells me that they are trying to mitigate a big concern or issue.
     
  5. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    This one is a no brainer, this is good for BMS and bad for the employee. Unionized employees are not covered, hmmmmm.
     
  6. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Any updates on this?
     
  7. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Great post in kudos to whoever started this thread. Knowledge is power and BMS wants you to think that any workplace dispute has to go through their chosen arbitrators. Look at the agreement carefully, and you will see that there is a clause where it states "where allowable by federal law" and there in lies the rub. Check with an attorney in your state, but I checked with one where I live and she laughed at the agreement. If you sue Bms under any of the federal laws, such as the federal Americans with disabilities act, the federal age discrimination act, the anti-retaliation whistle blower act or even federal pharma laws such as the anti-kickback act in the federal false Claims act, The company does not have a leg to stand on. It is these types of violations that comprise most employment workplace disputes and Bms cannot preempt federal and state court proceedings with that arbitration agreement in most cases.

    Accordingly, public opinion is in our favor and Judges and Juries don't like the pharmaceutical industry for the reason that most people don't like the pharmaceutical industry most notably inappropriate drug pricing and distribution. It costs so much money to go to court and Bms knows this. Also, they are terrified of public opinion as we are only a few more NY times articles and 60 minutes stories from being forced into European drug price negotiations.

    Remember to document document and when you think you are done documenting document some more because it is all admissible in court and we are not going to an arbitrator
     
  8. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    absolutely document everything. If you have proof of illegal activities you can go directly to the state or federal authorities. You do not have to go to BMS legal.
     
  9. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Here we go again!