WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), today reintroduced two pieces of legislation to combat workplace harassment, including sexual harassment: the Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act and the No Tax Deductions for Workplace Harasser Buyouts Act.
The No Tax Deductions for Workplace Harasser Buyouts Act prohibits companies from using buyouts paid to perpetrators of workplace harassment as a tax deduction. The Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act requires companies to submit an annual report that specifies the total number of settlements with employees involving workplace harassment and the number of such settlements by protected category, which includes race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any combination of such factors. The two bills, first introduced in December 2017, are designed to end the corporate culture of secrecy surrounding workplace harassment settlements and to no longer allow companies to treat Bill O’Reilly-like severances as an ordinary cost of doing business. If passed, companies will have stronger incentives to prevent workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, from happening in the first place.
“Workplace harassment should no longer be an issue that is whispered about behind closed doors. It is long past time to pass legislation to create permanent incentives for employers to foster safe work environments,” said Rep. Maloney. “For far too long, corporations have...
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