Garnet Coleman Did Not Vote on this Legislation.
Title: Classifies Sexual Harassment by any Employer Who Employs One or More Employees as an Unlawful Employment Practice
Signed by Governor Greg Abbott
Title: Classifies Sexual Harassment by any Employer Who Employs One or More Employees as an Unlawful Employment Practice
Vote to pass a bill that classifies sexual harassment by any employer who employs one or more employees an unlawful employment practice.
Defines “employer” as an individual who employs one or more employees or acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee (Sec. 1).
Defines “sexual harassment” as unwelcome sexual advance, request, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature if (Sec. 1):
Submission to the advance, request, or conduct is made a term or condition of an individuals employment either explicitly or implicitly; or
Submission or rejection of the advance, request, or conduct is used as the basis for a decision affecting the individual’s employment.
Specifies that an employer shall have committed an unlawful employment practice if sexual harassment of an employee occurs and the employer or employer’s agents or supervisors (Sec. 1):
Know or should have known that the sexual harassment was occuring; and
Fails to take immediate and appropriate corrective action.
Prohibits this act from being applied retroactively to a past claim of misconduct that occurred prior to the effective date of this act (Sec. 2).
Establishes that this act shall take effect September 1, 2021 (Sec. 3).
Title: Classifies Sexual Harassment by any Employer Who Employs One or More Employees as an Unlawful Employment Practice
Title: Classifies Sexual Harassment by any Employer Who Employs One or More Employees as an Unlawful Employment Practice