Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires businesses and state government agencies to pay a penalty for hiring and payment discrimination against women and minorities.

Highlights:

-Allows a person who was discriminated against to bring an action in circuit court against an employer or employment agency to recover damages caused by the violation (Sec. 2). -Requires defendant to pay to the person discriminated against compensatory and punitive damages determined by the court, and also pay the court a surcharge equal to 10 percent of the amount of compensatory and punitive damages ordered (Sec. 2). -Requires the county treasurer to turn collected surcharges over to the secretary of administration’s general fund where it be credited to an appropriation account (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires businesses and state government agencies to pay a penalty for hiring and payment discrimination against women and minorities.

Highlights:

-Allows a person who was discriminated against to bring an action in circuit court against an employer or employment agency to recover damages caused by the violation (Sec. 2). -Requires defendant to pay to the person discriminated against compensatory and punitive damages determined by the court, and also pay the court a surcharge equal to 10 percent of the amount of compensatory and punitive damages ordered (Sec. 2). -Requires the county treasurer to turn collected surcharges over to the secretary of administration’s general fund where it be credited to an appropriation account (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text