Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1353 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1353 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 775 ILCS 5/2-109 Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires a trade union to provide sexual harassment prevention training to its workers. Provides that any trade union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall use the model sexual harassment prevention training program created by the Department of Human Rights and shall provide that training at least once a year to all workers and maintain a log indicating each worker's yearly training status. Provides that a trade union worker is not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention training program each time the worker is hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a sexual harassment prevention training program during that calendar year. LRB103 05089 LNS 50103 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1353 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 775 ILCS 5/2-109 775 ILCS 5/2-109 Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires a trade union to provide sexual harassment prevention training to its workers. Provides that any trade union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall use the model sexual harassment prevention training program created by the Department of Human Rights and shall provide that training at least once a year to all workers and maintain a log indicating each worker's yearly training status. Provides that a trade union worker is not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention training program each time the worker is hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a sexual harassment prevention training program during that calendar year. LRB103 05089 LNS 50103 b LRB103 05089 LNS 50103 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires a trade union to provide sexual harassment prevention training to its workers. Provides that any trade union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall use the model sexual harassment prevention training program created by the Department of Human Rights and shall provide that training at least once a year to all workers and maintain a log indicating each worker's yearly training status. Provides that a trade union worker is not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention training program each time the worker is hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a sexual harassment prevention training program during that calendar year.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning human rights.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 2-109 as follows:
16	16	6 (775 ILCS 5/2-109)
17	17	7 Sec. 2-109. Sexual harassment prevention training.
18	18	8 (A) The General Assembly finds that the organizational
19	19	9 tolerance of sexual harassment has a detrimental influence in
20	20	10 workplaces by creating a hostile environment for employees,
21	21	11 reducing productivity, and increasing legal liability. It is
22	22	12 the General Assembly's intent to encourage employers to adopt
23	23	13 and actively implement policies to ensure their workplaces are
24	24	14 safe for employees to report concerns about sexual harassment
25	25	15 without fear of retaliation, loss of status, or loss of
26	26	16 promotional opportunities.
27	27	17 (B) The Department shall produce a model sexual harassment
28	28	18 prevention training program aimed at the prevention of sexual
29	29	19 harassment in the workplace. The model program shall be made
30	30	20 available to employers and to the public online at no cost.
31	31	21 This model program shall include, at a minimum, the following:
32	32	22 (1) an explanation of sexual harassment consistent
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1353 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires a trade union to provide sexual harassment prevention training to its workers. Provides that any trade union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall use the model sexual harassment prevention training program created by the Department of Human Rights and shall provide that training at least once a year to all workers and maintain a log indicating each worker's yearly training status. Provides that a trade union worker is not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention training program each time the worker is hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a sexual harassment prevention training program during that calendar year.
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68	68	1 (2) examples of conduct that constitutes unlawful
69	69	2 sexual harassment;
70	70	3 (3) a summary of relevant federal and State statutory
71	71	4 provisions concerning sexual harassment, including
72	72	5 remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; and
73	73	6 (4) a summary of responsibilities of employers in the
74	74	7 prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of
75	75	8 sexual harassment.
76	76	9 (C) Except for those employers subject to the requirements
77	77	10 of Section 5-10.5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics
78	78	11 Act, every employer with employees working in this State shall
79	79	12 use the model sexual harassment prevention training program
80	80	13 created by the Department or establish its own sexual
81	81	14 harassment prevention training program that equals or exceeds
82	82	15 the minimum standards in subsection (B). The sexual harassment
83	83	16 prevention training shall be provided at least once a year to
84	84	17 all employees. For the purposes of satisfying the requirements
85	85	18 under this Section, the Department's model sexual harassment
86	86	19 prevention training program may be used to supplement any
87	87	20 existing program an employer is utilizing or develops. An
88	88	21 employer is not required to provide sexual harassment
89	89	22 prevention training for a trade union worker if the worker has
90	90	23 participated in a sexual harassment prevention training
91	91	24 program under subsection (C-5).
92	92	25 (C-5) A trade union shall provide sexual harassment
93	93	26 prevention training for its workers in this State. Any trade
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104	104	1 union providing sexual harassment prevention training shall
105	105	2 use the model sexual harassment prevention training program
106	106	3 created by the Department or establish its own sexual
107	107	4 harassment prevention training program that equals or exceeds
108	108	5 the minimum standards in subsection (B). The sexual harassment
109	109	6 prevention training shall be provided at least once a year to
110	110	7 all workers and the trade union shall maintain a log
111	111	8 indicating each worker's yearly training status. A worker is
112	112	9 not required to participate in a sexual harassment prevention
113	113	10 training program under subsection (C) each time the worker is
114	114	11 hired for a new job if the worker has already participated in a
115	115	12 sexual harassment prevention training program during that
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117	117	14 (D) If an employer violates this Section, the Department
118	118	15 shall issue a notice to show cause giving the employer 30 days
119	119	16 to comply. If the employer does not comply within 30 days, the
120	120	17 Department shall petition the Human Rights Commission for
121	121	18 entry of an order imposing a civil penalty against the
122	122	19 employer pursuant to Section 8-109.1. The civil penalty shall
123	123	20 be paid into the Department of Human Rights Training and
124	124	21 Development Fund.
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