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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 697 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT CONCERNING NO NDISCLOSURE AGREEMEN TS IN THE |
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| 15 | 15 | | WORKPLACE. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 17 | 17 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) An employer shall not 1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | enter into or negotiate a contract with an employee or prospective 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | employee as a condition of employment, continued employment, 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | promotion, compensation or benefit, if such contract contains a 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | nondisclosure clause, nondisparagement clause, waiver or other 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | provision that has the purpose or effect of preventing the employee 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | from disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | occurring in the workplace, at a work-related event coordinated by or 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | through the employer or between employees, or between an employer 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and an employee, off the employment premises. 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) An action to redress a violation of subsection (a) of this section 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or more employees or prospective employees. 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) An employer who violates subsection (a) of this section may be 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | found liable for compensatory damages, attorney's fees and costs, 15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | punitive damages and such legal and equitable relief as the court 16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | deems just and proper. 17 Substitute Bill No. 697 |
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| 38 | 38 | | LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00697- |
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