To promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The SAFE for Survivors Act of 2024 creates new workplace protections and economic support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and related violence. It establishes a right to 40 days of 'safe leave' per year (10 paid) for employees to address violence-related needs like seeking medical care, legal help, counseling, or housing. The bill also protects survivors from employment discrimination, ensures they can access unemployment benefits if they must quit due to violence, and prevents insurance companies from discriminating against them.
Who Benefits and How
Survivors of violence receive significant new protections: guaranteed time off work with job protection, workplace accommodations (schedule changes, transfers, safety measures), unemployment benefits if they must leave jobs due to violence, and protection from insurance discrimination. Victim services organizations receive expanded grant funding and are authorized to provide resources to employers. Employees generally benefit from new anti-retaliation protections in the workplace.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Employers face new compliance obligations: they must provide 40 days of safe leave (10 paid), make reasonable workplace accommodations, maintain confidentiality of employee status as survivors, post notices about employee rights, and face penalties up to $1,000 per violation plus damages. Insurance companies must implement new protocols to protect survivor privacy, cannot discriminate based on violence victimization status, and face FTC enforcement. State unemployment agencies must train staff on violence dynamics and update their systems.
Key Provisions
- Creates 40 days of safe leave annually (10 paid) for survivors to address violence-related needs
- Prohibits workplace discrimination and retaliation against survivors, with strong enforcement remedies
- Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for survivor safety
- Allows survivors who quit due to violence to collect unemployment benefits
- Bans insurance discrimination against survivors and protects their privacy
- Invalidates predispute arbitration agreements for claims under this Act
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides economic protections, job security, insurance protections, and unemployment benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other qualifying acts of violence.
Key Policy Areas
Labor and Employment, Social Welfare, Insurance Regulation, Violence Against Women, Public Health
Primary Purpose
Provides economic protections, job security, insurance protections, and unemployment benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other qualifying acts of violence.
Policy Domains
Title I - Grant Program Reauthorization
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Victim services organizations
- Domestic violence coalitions
- Sexual assault coalitions
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title V - Insurance Protections
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Survivors seeking insurance coverage
- Survivors with insurance claims
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Insurance companies
- Health insurers
- Life insurers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title II - Safe Leave
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Survivors of domestic violence
- Survivors of sexual assault
- Survivors of stalking
- Employees generally
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Employers
- Businesses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title IV - Unemployment Compensation
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Survivors who quit jobs due to violence
- Unemployed survivors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State unemployment agencies
- Unemployment insurance systems
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title III - Survivors' Employment Sustainability Act
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Survivors of violence seeking employment
- Current employees who are survivors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Employers
- Public agencies administering benefits
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Currently employed survivors, Employees who are survivors of violence, Low-income survivors of violence
Employers, Employers using mandatory arbitration clauses, Employers who discriminate
Domestic violence coalitions, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Public health organizations
Health insurance companies, Insurance companies, Life insurance companies
Civil rights attorneys, Consumer protection attorneys, Employment attorneys
Public assistance agencies, State TANF agencies, State unemployment agencies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Office on Violence Against Women
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
- "the_employer"
- → Any employer as defined in Civil Rights Act of 1964
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "the_board"
- → Board of Directors of Office of Congressional Workplace Rights
- "the_commission"
- → Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- "the_state"
- → State unemployment agencies
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "the_insurer"
- → Any insurance company or health plan
- "the_secretary_of_hhs"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Note: 'The Secretary' refers to Secretary of Labor in Titles II and IV, but Title V involves both Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Up to 40 work days of leave in a 12-month period for addressing qualifying acts of violence
Job-related modification or safety procedure to address impacts of violence or enhance security, including transfers, schedule changes, confidentiality measures, safety protocols
Any person or entity engaged in insurance business, including employers providing benefits through employee benefit plans, health insurers, and life/disability/casualty insurers
Domestic violence, family violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, dating violence, trafficking, communication of intimate visual depiction, other gender-based violence, or threats/acts causing bodily injury or death
An individual who has experienced or is experiencing a qualifying act of violence, or whose family/household member has experienced such violence
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