Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act
This bill requires every employer that must submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) an Employer Information Report EEO-1 to separately report on an annual basis the number of settlements reached by the employer involving workplace harassment.
The bill also requires the EEOC and the Government Accountability Office to report information relating to claims of discrimination.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2022 to Aug 12, 2022; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Aug 12, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2022Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 127, July 29, 2022, page H7540.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require annual reporting by employers to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the number of settlements of employee claims of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age (40 or older), disability, genetic information (including family medical history), or any combination of such factors, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
