| 1 | 1 | | 86R6975 SMT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 1575 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to sexual harassment prevention training and information |
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| 8 | 8 | | for employees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Section 21.013 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 21.013. SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | INFORMATION. (a) In this section, the term "supervisor" includes a |
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| 14 | 14 | | person with the authority to direct an employee's daily activities |
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| 15 | 15 | | while at work, regardless of whether the person has the authority to |
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| 16 | 16 | | hire, fire, or take other tangible employment action with respect |
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| 17 | 17 | | to the employee. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) At least once every two years, an employer other than a |
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| 19 | 19 | | state agency shall provide to each employee of the employer at |
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| 20 | 20 | | least: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) two hours of sexual harassment prevention |
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| 22 | 22 | | training, if the employee is a supervisor; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) one hour of sexual harassment prevention training, |
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| 24 | 24 | | if the employee is not a supervisor. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The commission shall develop or obtain, and make |
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| 26 | 26 | | available on its Internet website, one-hour and two-hour sexual |
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| 27 | 27 | | harassment prevention training videos that may be used by employers |
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| 28 | 28 | | to provide the training required by this section. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (d) The commission shall develop and make available on its |
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| 30 | 30 | | Internet website for use by employers informational posters and |
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| 31 | 31 | | fact sheets displaying information regarding the prevention of |
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| 32 | 32 | | sexual harassment. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (e) The commission may adopt rules as necessary for the |
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| 34 | 34 | | administration of this section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Workforce Commission shall post on its Internet website the videos, |
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| 37 | 37 | | posters, and fact sheets required by Section 21.013, Labor Code, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | added by this Act. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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