PA HB1825

Requires all Pennsylvania employers to adopt written policies and procedures for preventing harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, including complaint procedures allowing employees to report to persons other than their supervisor and a prohibition on false or frivolous reports.

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission must develop standard policies and procedures that employers may use, posted free on its website, and must update them within 45 days of any changes to federal or state discrimination laws.

First-time violations carry fines of $500-$1,000; second and subsequent violations carry fines of $1,000-$5,000, with mandatory fine waivers for first-time and certain second-time violations if employers cure the violation within 60 days.

Employers must make policies accessible to all employees, may comply by posting on an employee-accessible website, and must retain records of current and previous policies for three years for Commission inspection.

Fines collected under the act are deposited into the General Fund, and the act takes effect 120 days after enactment.