Bill Text: HI SB2313 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Employment Practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-25 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (2). [SB2313 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2313-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2313 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 378, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§378-
Sexual harassment or sexual assault; nondisclosure agreements;
prohibited. (a) No employer shall require an employee to
enter into, as a condition of employment, a nondisclosure agreement that
prevents the employee from disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual
assault occurring in the workplace, at work-related events, between employees,
or between an employer and an employee.
(b) No employer shall retaliate against an
employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault.
(c) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Human
resources employees expected to maintain the confidentiality of an investigation
as part of their official duties; and
(2) Employees requested to maintain the confidentiality of an ongoing human resources investigation."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Employment Practices; Sexual Harassment or Assault; Nondisclosure Agreements; Prohibited
Description:
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.