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Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014

Introduced: March 13, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Apr 16, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Mar 13, 2014
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014 - Sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

Declares employers under such Acts liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee has created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions).

What's happening now June 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2133 Identical bill Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 39
All 39 Democratic 23
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 11, 2014
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Jun 30, 2014
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 30, 2014
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jun 30, 2014
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· Jun 26, 2014
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Jun 9, 2014
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 23, 2014
LEVIN, SANDER
· May 23, 2014
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 15, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 6, 2014
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Apr 28, 2014
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 28, 2014
Schwartz, Allyson
· Apr 28, 2014
BROWN, CORRINE
· Apr 8, 2014
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Apr 8, 2014
FARR, SAM
· Apr 7, 2014
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 7, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· Apr 2, 2014
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 27, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 27, 2014
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Mar 25, 2014
GREEN, GENE
· Mar 21, 2014
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 18, 2014
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2014
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 13, 2014
Fudge, Marcia
· Mar 13, 2014
Grayson, Alan
· Mar 13, 2014
HOLT, RUSH
· Mar 13, 2014
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Mar 13, 2014
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 13, 2014
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2014
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2014
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 13, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2014
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 13, 2014
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Mar 13, 2014
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 13, 2014
TIERNEY, JOHN
· Mar 13, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4227: Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4227/
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"H.R. 4227: Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4227/.
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