“Time’s Up” Legislation Passes Judiciary Committee; Will It Pass the Senate?

Earlier this week, the Judiciary Committee (by a 25-16 vote) approved of Senate Bill 132, being labelled by it’s proponents as the “Time’s Up” bill but covers both harassment and discrimination cases. I covered an announcement of this a while back.   As the bill moves closer to consideration now to the state Senate, it’s time for employers to start paying attention to what’s in the bill.  The CBIA has expressed concerns about some aspects of the bill. Here are a few highlights: To require employers to provide every employee with information concerning the “illegality of sexual harassment and remedies available to victimes of sexual harassment”. To require employers of three or more employees (currently set at 50) to provide two hours of sexual harassment prevention training and with such training being provided not just to supervisory employees, but all employees. To eliminate affirmative defenses that…

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