Sec. 512. Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking education and information programs for survivors
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In this section, the terms employ , employee , employer , and State have the meanings given such terms in section 201. 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 carrying out the National Resource Center on Domestic 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 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including outreach and education for employers, service providers, teachers, and other key partners.
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. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with major women's advocacy groups and medical and public health organizations, shall develop and disseminate to employers information on the entitlement of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to safe leave under title II. The information disseminated under paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum— information describing employers’ responsibilities and employees’ rights under title II; recommendations for carrying out those responsibilities and providing for those rights; recommendations for supporting employees when the employees seek safe leave under title II; information on best practices for supporting survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; information on best practices for preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and information explaining how to obtain additional copies of the information developed under paragraph
(1)for distribution to the employees. 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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Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking education and information programs for survivors
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