HB 7044 Summary

• Requires employers with three or more employees to post information about the illegality of sexual harassment and available remedies in a prominent, accessible location.

• Requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide two hours of sexual harassment training and education to all supervisory employees within one year of October 1, 1992, and to new supervisory employees within six months of assuming a supervisory position.

• Defines sexual harassment to include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or sexual conduct that affects employment terms, is used as a basis for employment decisions, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

• Establishes that corrective action taken by employers in response to sexual harassment complaints cannot modify the complainant's employment terms and conditions without the complainant's express written agreement.

• Permits courts to award complainants actual costs including reasonable attorneys' fees (with such fees not contingent on damages awarded) and limits back pay liability to two years prior to complaint filing.