workplace harassment
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Bill to lower threshold for workplace harassment clears Colorado legislature
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In most states, harassment in the workplace has to meet a certain threshold of severity and frequency in order to be unlawful. But in Colorado, Democratic lawmakers want to change that. Senate Bill 172 seeks to update the state’s definition of harassment and specify that harassment does not need to be “severe or pervasive” to constitute…
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Bill advances to lower threshold for workplace harassment in Colorado
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When a cook at Marie Evenson’s job repeatedly grabbed her around the waist, she reported him to a manager. One week later, she was fired for not “fitting in” to the workplace environment. Evenson met with a lawyer to discuss her legal options, but was told she didn’t have a case. Evenson said her lawyer claimed…
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Duran, other members picked for Legislature’s workplace harassment panel
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All six members of a summer committee that will review the Colorado General Assembly’s workplace harassment policies have been chosen, with Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran among its members, Colorado Politics has learned. Sens. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs and Beth Martinez Humenik of Thornton will represent Senate Republicans on the panel, known as…
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Senate Democrats call Baumgardner punishment a slap on the wrist
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Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City has removed Republican Sen. Randy Baumgardner from four committees as punishment for allegations that he sexually harassed a nonpartisan Senate staffer and created a hostile work environment for other Senate staffers. But a statement by Grantham that implied he had the cooperation of Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia…
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New details from 2nd report on alleged Baumgardner harassment
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The second investigation into allegations against Colorado state Sen. Randy Baumgardner found he “engages in an unsettling pattern of inappropriate and offensive behavior toward women,” including sexual harassment toward a woman half his age that she called “creepy,” and created a hostile work environment for a non-partisan female Senate employee and other Senate staffers. KUNC’s…
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Interim committee to handle workplace harassment recommendations for Colo. General Assembly
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An interim committee of six legislative members will be tasked with coming up with ideas on how to fix both the General Assembly’s workplace harassment policies, as well as what can be done about the legislative culture that led to formal complaints against five Colorado lawmakers and the expulsion of one. That expulsion – of…
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to Senate President Kevin Grantham: no.
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann Thursday gave a strong “no” to Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham’s request for her to investigate sexual harassment claims in the General Assembly. In a letter obtained by Colorado Politics, McCann wrote that the state Constitution “gives the General Assembly authority to establish rules governing the conduct of its members,”…
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Sen. Michael Bennet signs letter to get harassment out of federal agencies
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is one of the 11 Senate Democrats calling on a federal agencies to ensure harassment has no place in the federal workplace. They signed letters to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar citing recent complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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Checks, balances prevent Colorado taxpayers from covering harassment claims
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Has Colorado taxpayer money ever been used to settle workplace harassment claims against the General Assembly? No. Could it? Probably not. Director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services Sharon Eubanks, who is a lawyer, told legislators at a committee meeting that legislative counsel expenditures are looked at by the comptroller and approved before they…
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Hickenlooper: If allegations against Lebsock are true, he should step down
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has not heard Rep. Steve Lebsock’s defense but said if the allegations against the Democratic lawmaker are found to be true, he should resign. “That balance of how do you protect an individual’s right to file a complaint but at the same time recognize someone who’s being (accused), they need to have…
