Virginia House Bill 2089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Employment; abusive work environment. Prohibits an employer from (i) permitting an employee to be subjected to an abusive work environment, (ii) subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment, or (iii) retaliating against an employee because the employee brings or participates in an action, investigation, or proceeding related to the abusive work environment. The measure also prohibits the employer's agent or a coworker from subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment. The bill defines "abusive work environment" as a workplace in which an employee is subjected to abusive conduct severe enough to cause physical or psychological harm. The bill provides that an aggrieved employee may bring a private cause of action. In such a proceeding the court may order injunctive relief, reinstatement, removal of any offending party from the employee's work environment, compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration; compensation for medical costs and emotional duress; punitive damages; and reasonable costs and attorney fees. Punitive damages are not allowed if the violation does not include an adverse employment action against the employee or result in lost work time, earnings, or other benefits.

Employee safety; abusive work environment.

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2015-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2015-01-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2015-01-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102605D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	51.4:6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	51.4:9	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB2089
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB2089+hil