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House amends bill to harmonize documentation for crime-victim status under FEPA
Summary
The House amended H.887 to add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking to the Fair Employment Practices Act definition of crime victim and align documentation standards with unpaid safe leave; the Committee on General and Housing recommended the amendment and the House ordered third reading.
Representative Krasno (member from South Burlington) presented H.887 and the Committee on General and Housing's recommendation to amend the Fair Employment Practices Act to define survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking as crime victims for anti-discrimination purposes. The change harmonizes documentation…
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