Refusing to Sign an Arbitration Agreement is Probably Not a Good Idea

It is not uncommon for employers, especially in certain industries, to require new or existing employees to sign a binding arbitration agreement, requiring all potential claims between the employer and the employee to be submitted to arbitration rather than court. Refusing to sign that kind of agreement is not a good idea and not beneficial to an employee in most cases. 

First, that agreement only matters if you actually have a dispute with your employer. If you don't have any legal disputes with your employer, signing that agreement makes absolutely no difference to you. Secondly, your employer may lawfully terminate you or refuse to hire you for refusing to sign an arbitration agreement. Lastly, you will have an opportunity to challenge the validity of the signed arbitration agreement later, if and when it actually matters.   

Thus, in most cases, it's not worth jeopardizing your job by refusing to sign an agreement that's probably not going to make much difference to you anyway.