Senate Engrossed

employer-employee arbitration; contract; disputes

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

SENATE BILL 1514

An Act

amending title 23, chapter 10, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-1606; relating to employment relationships.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 23, chapter 10, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-1606, to read:

START_STATUTE23-1606. Employer-employee arbitration; dispute resolution; permissibility

Notwithstanding sections 12-1517 and 12-3003, a written agreement to arbitrate employment-related disputes between an employer and an employee whose primary job duties directly and necessarily involve the loading, unloading or handling of goods at a warehouse that is leased or owned by the employer is valid, enforceable and irrevocable except when grounds exist at law or in equity to revoke the agreement. END_STATUTE