In Vance v. Ball State University last year, the Supreme Court undercut workplace protections from harassment. With 25 percent of women and 10 percent of men reporting that they have experienced harassment in the workplace, these watered down protections leave workers who suffer harassment at greater risk and with fewer tools to challenge harassment when it happens. The Fair Employment Protection Act, introduced last Thursday by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Tom Harkin, and Representatives George Miller and Rosa DeLauro is urgently needed to restore strong protections from harassment on the job. Here’s why:
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