HB 2679
Initials PRB Page 1 Commerce
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2679: employment discrimination; sexual harassment; definition
Sponsor: Representative Wilmeth, LD 15
Committee on Commerce
Overview
Modifies the definition of employer as it relates to employment discrimination.
History
Employer, as defined within the discrimination in employment statutes, means:
1) A person who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more
calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year; and
2) To the extent that the person is alleged to have committee any act of sexual harassment,
a person who has one mor more employees in the current or preceding calendar year
(A.R.S. § 41-1461).
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1464, it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to
discriminate against an employee who has opposed any unlawful employment practice or has
made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding
or hearing arising from employment discrimination.
Provisions
1. Modifies the definition of employer to include a person who has one more employees, in the
current or preceding calendar year, to the extent that the person is alleged to have
discriminated against anyone for opposing sexual harassment or making a charge, testifying,
assisting or participating in any manner in an investigation, proceeding or hearing arising from
sexual harassment. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note