Enacts the "protection in the workplace act" to ensure employees injured by sexual offenses receive workers' compensation and can pursue additional.
The "protection in the workplace act" amends the workers' compensation law to ensure employees injured by sexual offenses receive all available workers' compensation benefits and can pursue additional legal remedies. This act clarifies that workers' compensation should be the exclusive remedy for workplace injuries, except when the injury results from a sexual offense committed by a co-worker. Injured employees can claim compensation and seek further legal action for damages resulting from such offenses.
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