eBay has responded to a former employee’s whistleblower and retaliation lawsuit by asking a Utah federal court to send most of the case to arbitration and pause the court proceedings.
The motion, filed July 2, does not address the factual substance of Paige Williams’ allegations. Instead, eBay argues Williams signed a binding arbitration agreement when she joined the company in 2014, requiring employment-related disputes to be resolved through final and binding arbitration rather than a public court case.
Williams sued eBay in May, alleging she was unlawfully terminated after years of documented complaints involving disability accommodation, Family and Medical Leave Act access, medical confidentiality, discrimination, retaliation and pay equity.
The original complaint focuses heavily on leave administration, with Williams alleging eBay and Sedgwick failed for months to provide required FMLA paperwork and that her disability status, accommodation details and medical information were disclosed to unauthorized employees and managers.
As Value Added Resource previously reported, the complaint also raises securities-related whistleblower claims, with Williams alleging she became aware of what she described as a systemic internal practice involving manipulation of metrics, data or reporting associated with eBay’s Promoted Listings advertising program.
Williams claims she raised concerns about the Promoted Listings issue to leadership and later provided information to the SEC,...
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