Mandatory arbitration in U.S. workplaces, by size of employer

Employer workforce size Mandatory arbitration
Fewer than 100 employees 49.8%
100 to 499 employees 49.2%
500 to 999 employees 59.3%
1,000 to 4,999 employees 61.8%
5,000 or more employees 67.7%**

* p < 0.10; ** p < 0.05

Notes: Percentages indicate the share of workplaces at each workforce size that have mandatory arbitration policies. The symbols * and ** indicate that the adoption of mandatory arbitration is significantly different from the other categories in the table combined at the 0.10 level and 0.05 level, respectively.

Source: Author’s original survey data (see the methodological appendix)

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