Bill Text: IL SB1877 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.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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