Bill Text: IL SB1877 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Creates the Sexual Harassment Victim Representation Act. Prohibits unions from designating the same union representative to represent both a victim of sexual harassment and the alleged perpetrator in any disciplinary proceeding.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1877 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1877-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sexual | ||||||
| 5 | Harassment Victim Representation Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Perpetrator" means an individual who commits or is alleged | ||||||
| 8 | to have committed an act or threat of sexual harassment. | ||||||
| 9 | "Sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual advances or | ||||||
| 10 | requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a sexual nature | ||||||
| 11 | when: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly | ||||||
| 12 | or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's | ||||||
| 13 | employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by | ||||||
| 14 | an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions | ||||||
| 15 | affecting such individual; or (iii) such conduct has the | ||||||
| 16 | purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an | ||||||
| 17 | individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, | ||||||
| 18 | hostile, or offensive working environment. | ||||||
| 19 | "Union" means any organization defined as a "labor | ||||||
| 20 | organization" under Section 2 of the National Labor Relations | ||||||
| 21 | Act (29 U.S.C. 152). | ||||||
| 22 | "Union representative" means a person designated by a union | ||||||
| 23 | to represent a member of the union in any disciplinary | ||||||
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| 1 | proceeding. | ||||||
| 2 | "Victim" means a victim of sexual harassment.
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| 3 | Section 10. Dual representation prohibited. | ||||||
| 4 | (a) In any proceeding in which a victim who is a member of | ||||||
| 5 | a union has accused a perpetrator who is a member of the same | ||||||
| 6 | union, the victim and the perpetrator may not be represented in | ||||||
| 7 | the proceeding by the same union representative. | ||||||
| 8 | (b) The union must designate separate union | ||||||
| 9 | representatives to represent the parties to the proceeding.
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