Actually, courts--including the U.S. Supreme Court--have consistently found that arbitration clauses are enforceable and, indeed, are even preferable, inasmuch as they result in less expensive and time-consuming resolution of disputes. The right to a trial by jury refers to criminal cases, not civil; even without arbitration clauses, many civil matters (e.g. small claims; landlord tenant) are resolved by a judge without a jury.There are certain specific claims for which I believe an employee cannot give up his/her right to  trial; for example, I do not believe that an employee can give up the right to go to court over a claim that he or she was improperly denied overtime. However, those are the exception, not the rule.So as a general matter, yes--the employer may, and many do, require entering into a binding arbitration agreement as a condition of employment.