Arbitration clauses in contracts or other agreements force you to give up your right to file a lawsuit or seek justice from a judge or jury. A party seeking to compel arbitration must therefore show, as a threshold matter, that a valid and enforceable agreement to arbitrate exists.Section 8 The collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative shall contain a grievance resolution. Under Illinois law, an acceptance occurs if the party assented to the essential terms contained in the offer (Klein v. Klein, 2017 IL App (1st) 153393-U, ¶ 23. The Agreement also contained language that defined the parties' rights and obligations, which included an arbitration clause. Illinois has new restrictions with respect to all employment agreement, including written arbitration agreements. Cases in the Mandatory Arbitration program one must: i. A recent Supreme Court case suggests that simply having an arbitration clause is not enough it must be invoked in a timely manner. Despite its Texas choice of law provision and (2) that under Illinois law, the arbitration clause in the Agreement is unenforceable.