Colorado House harassment panel recommends censure of legislator

The Colorado House Workplace Harassment Committee recommended censuring a state legislator following six complaints, including sexual and gender harassment. Committee members noted the lawmaker's actions would have warranted termination in the private sector. The recommendation has been sent to House leadership for further action.
If this were a private sector employee, the actions would have resulted in termination. That was the opinion of several members of the Colorado House Workplace Harassment Committee, which on Thursday decided to recommend to House leadership a resolution censuring a lawmaker charged with six workplace harassment complaints. The complaints included sexual harassment, gender harassment […]
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