A state appeals panel upheld a ruling that a former employee who sued PSE&G in 2015 after being fired, but previously signed an arbitration agreement with the company in 2008, was compelled to move forward with arbitration rather than go to court.

The Appellate Division in Guirguess v. Public Service Electric and Gas cast aside an argument that March 2019 amendments to the Law Against Discrimination by the state Legislature prohibited his discrimination claims from going to arbitration. Those amendments were prospective, or only applicable to future claims, the panel said.

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