Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 26, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017
This bill sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.
The bill declares that employers under such Acts are liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions).
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2017 to Oct 30, 2017, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Oct 30, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Oct 26, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4152 | Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Nov 17, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Age discrimination
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congressional officers and employees
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Genetics
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Smithsonian Institution
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
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