Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors
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The Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the grant recipient under section 41501 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 that establishes the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence) and the Attorney General (through the Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Violence Against Women), shall coordinate and provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of the workplace impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including outreach and education for employers, service providers, teachers, and other key partners.
This campaign shall pay special attention to ensure that survivors are made aware of the existence of the following types of workplace laws (Federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws that bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, both paid and unpaid that are available for use by survivors; unemployment insurance laws and policies that address survivor eligibility. The Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General, as described in paragraph (1), may disseminate information through the public outreach and education campaign on the resources and rights referred to in this subsection directly or through arrangements with health agencies, professional and nonprofit organizations, consumer groups, labor organizations, institutions of higher education, clinics, the media, and Federal, State, and local agencies.
The information disseminated under paragraph
(2)shall include, at a minimum, a description of— the resources and rights that are— available to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and established in this Act and the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); guidelines and best practices on prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault; resources that promote healthy relationships and communication skills; resources that encourage bystander intervention in a situation involving domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault; resources that promote workplace policies that support and help maintain the economic security of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and resources and rights that the heads of Federal agencies described in paragraph
(2)determine are appropriate to include. In this section: The term employee means any individual employed by an employer. In the case of an individual employed by a public agency, such term means an individual employed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2) ). The term includes a person employed as described in subparagraph
(A)on a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time period, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, or as a participant in a work assignment as a condition of receipt of Federal or State income-based public assistance. The term employer — means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; and includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, and includes a public agency that employs individuals as described in section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, but does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization. The terms employ and State have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ). The Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the status of workplace responses to employees who experience domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking while employed, in each State and nationally, to improve the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources and economic security. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.
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