Signed by Governor Phil Scott

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands anti-harassment protections and prohibits pay discrimination in the workplace.

Highlights:

• Specifies that harassment is unlawful work practice (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that it is illegal for a company to limit, segregate, or qualify its membership by factors outlined in prior Vermont Law (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that it is unlawful to pay an individual of one protected group based on sex, gender, ethnicity, disability status, or sexual orientation less than other employees for equal work (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that this act does not create any new rights, interferes with any other rights, or intrudes upon any person's right to privacy (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that any agreement for the sake of a claim settlement does not supercede one’s rights as laid out in this act  (Sec. 1).

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