BE HEARD in the Workplace Act

This bill would change federal workplace discrimination and harassment law. It would require employers with 15 or more employees to adopt, share, and post a written nondiscrimination policy, with fines for not doing so, and would direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to set training rules, create resources for small businesses, form a harassment task force, and run outreach. It would extend Title VII coverage to employers with one or more employees and state that sex discrimination includes sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, and pregnancy. It would raise the cash minimum wage for tipped workers in steps until it equals the regular federal minimum wage. It would also define workplace harassment in law, require recurring national surveys and studies on harassment, and remove limits on certain damages.

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Sponsors

• Ayanna Pressley Democrat sponsor
• 22 cosponsors