§ 1–546.02. Tracking sexual harassment complaints.

(a) For each fiscal year, each agency shall track how many sexual harassment complaints by the agency's employees:

(1) Have been reported;

(2) Have been resolved by mediation;

(3) Have been investigated;

(4) Have been substantiated through investigation;

(5) Have been deemed unsubstantiated through investigation;

(6) Have resulted in administrative or disciplinary action against one or more individuals determined to have sexually harassed the complainant;

(7) Have resulted in legal action;

(8) Have resulted in a financial settlement; and

(9) Are pending.

(b) Each agency shall also track the amounts of all financial settlements resulting from sexual harassment complaints involving the agency during each fiscal year.

(c) Each agency shall facilitate compliance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section by ensuring that either its Sexual Harassment Officer or an alternative agency designee, as identified in writing to the Office of Human Rights, are notified within 30 days any time an employee of the agency complains of sexual harassment, and by ensuring that the Sexual Harassment Officer or an alternative agency designee has continuous access to all information necessary to comply with subsections (a) and (b); provided, that if an employee's complaint is against an agency's Sexual Harassment Officer or alternative agency designee, the agency shall ensure that all information that would be tracked by the Sexual Harassment Officer or alternative agency designee under subsections (a) and (b) regarding the complaint is reported directly to the Office of Human Rights within 30 days of each occurrence.