BE HEARD in the Workplace Act

This bill would require employers with 15 or more employees to adopt, share, and post a written nondiscrimination policy covering harassment, with fines for failing to do so, and would direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to set training rules, create a harassment task force, and run outreach. It would gradually raise the federal cash wage for tipped workers until it matches the regular minimum wage and give employees the right to keep their tips. It would state that sex discrimination in employment includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy, and would extend federal job discrimination law to employers with one or more employees. It would also remove limits on compensatory and punitive damages, define workplace harassment in law, and fund national surveys, studies, and grants related to workplace discrimination.

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Sponsors

• Patty Murray Democrat sponsor
• 20 cosponsors