Meta Manager Must Arbitrate Reprisal Claim Over Sex Bias Reports

A former Meta Platforms Inc. employee can’t pursue his retaliation claims in court under a #MeToo-inspired anti-arbitration law because his suit doesn’t adequately allege sexual harassment occurred, a Manhattan federal judge ruled.

The decision Tuesday by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York joins the debate on two hotly disputed issues under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. The 2022 law enables workers to opt out of valid arbitration agreements when they assert claims relating to a “sexual harassment dispute.”

Conduct that’s sexual in nature must be alleged to meet the ...