SB195 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rodger SmithermanSenator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Workplace bullying, intimidation or harassment prohibited, Healthy Workplace Act
Description: Under existing law, there is no specific statute that prohibits harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the workplace.
This bill would make harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the workplace an unfair labor practice.
This bill would define harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
This bill would provide a cause of action for an employee against an employer or fellow employee who commits the act of harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the workplace.
This bill would require employers to establish and implement a policy to address harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the workplace and to promote harassment and bullying prevention.
This bill would also authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Labor to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this act.
Subjects: Harassment

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development