Workplace anti-discrimination bill on hold

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal that would expand civil remedies at the state level for workers filing discrimination claims failed to find support from a panel of lawmakers Monday.

HB213, sponsored by Rep. Mark Wheatley, D-Murray, was held by the House Business and Labor Committee following a unanimous vote.

The bill would allow employees with discrimination claims to seek civil lawsuits and action through the state court system, and not rely solely on the Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division.

Wheatley described the current process for legal remedy as a backlogged system with only three or four investigators to consider more than 500 annual charges.

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