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R.S. 42:344, requires the report be sent to the agency head by February 1st of each year, containing the previous year’s information regarding compliance with the requirements of the law. The report must contain the following:

1. The number and percentage of public servants in the agency who have completed the training requirements;

2. The number of sexual harassment complaints received by the agency;

3. The number of complaints which resulted in a finding that sexual harassment occurred,

4. The number of complaints in which the finding of sexual harassment resulted in discipline or corrective action; and

5. The amount of time it took to resolve each complaint.

This report shall be a public record and available to the public in the manner provided by the Public Records Law.

For State agencies, once the report is sent to the agency head, the agency head has until February 15th to send the reports as follows:

1. Agency heads in the 20 principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office of the governor, and the office of lieutenant governor shall submit the report to the division of administration.

2. Agency heads in the legislative branch of state government shall submit the report to the Legislative Budgetary Control Council.

3. Agency heads in the judicial branch of state government, including the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall submit the report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.


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