HB 370 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Employment; annual interactive training and education, harassment and workplace discrimination.

Summary
Employment; training and education; harassmentand workplace discrimination. Requires each employer with 50or more employees, including the Commonwealth and its agencies, institutions, and political subdivisions, to provide annual interactive trainingand education regarding harassment and workplace discrimination,as both terms are defined in the bill, by July 1, 2025. The billincludes specific training and education requirements for supervisory and nonsupervisory employees, seasonal and temporary employees whoare hired to work for less than six months, and migrant and seasonalagricultural workers. The training and education required under thebill must be provided by an educator or human resources professionalwith knowledge and expertise in the subject matter and must includea method for employees to electronically save a certificate of completionof such training and education. The bill requires the Departmentof Labor and Industry to make online courses for the required trainingavailable on its website beginning January 1, 2025.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2024 Last action Feb 13, 2024
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Total actions
6
Key actions
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Committee
4
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Marty Martinez
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