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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that certain employers maintain records |
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of complaints alleging sexual harassment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 21.3015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.3015. INTERNAL RECORD OF EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT |
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ALLEGING SEXUAL HARASSMENT. (a) An employer who has 50 or more |
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employees shall maintain an internal record of each employee |
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complaint made to the employer that includes an allegation of |
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sexual harassment. The record must be maintained for at least five |
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years after the last date of employment with the employer of the |
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employee who made the complaint or of any person alleged in the |
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complaint to have committed sexual harassment, whichever date is |
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latest. |
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(b) The commission may adopt rules relating to the |
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information that must be maintained in an employer record under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.3015, Labor Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to an employee complaint made on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An employee complaint made before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the complaint was made, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |