Together, let’s get Congress to pass legislation to end workplace harassment.
Tell Congress:
“Fix our broken laws to prevent harassment, discrimination, and abuse on the job—and to ensure that all of us are protected, no matter who we are or where we work.”
No one in the U.S. should have to tolerate workplace harassment and abuse—ever.
We are making progress. The Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act is the first comprehensive federal legislation that codifies protections against harassment and abusive behavior and ensures all of us are protected from harassment on the job, no matter who we are or where we work.
Here is what the BE HEARD in the Workplace Act would do to prevent workplace harassment and discrimination:
For the first time, expand anti-harassment and civil rights protections to all working people, including workers at small businesses, independent contractors, unpaid interns, volunteers, and trainees.
Make it indisputable that all LGBTQ+ workers are protected from harassment and discrimination.
Require employers to take steps to prevent harassment on the job.
Ensure that employers can’t prevent victims of harassment from talking about their experiences, by limiting the use of nondisclosure agreements and forced arbitration.
Reject decisions by some courts that groping by a coworker isn’t serious enough to be harassment if it only happens once.
Ensure that people who experience sexual harassment at work can access the same financial remedies as people who experience other forms of harassment at work.
Ensure people who get tips, like servers, are paid at least the same minimum wage as other workers, so tipped workers don’t feel they have to put up with harassment from customers as the price of making a living.
The BE HEARD in the Workplace Act marks a bold step forward in protecting the rights of working people.
