(a) At the completion of the hearing or after consideration of a petition for summary decision under Alaska Stat. § 18.80.120(e), if the commission finds that a person charged in an accusation has engaged in the discriminatory practice alleged in the accusation, it shall order the person to refrain from engaging in the discriminatory practice. The order must include findings of fact and may order the person to take affirmative action to correct the discriminatory practice. The commission may not order an award of noneconomic or punitive damages in a case. In a case involving a discriminatory practice in

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.80.130

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) employment, the commission may order any appropriate relief, including one or more of the following: training of an employer, labor organization, or employment agency, and its employees concerning discriminatory practices; an accommodation for a person with a disability; removal of or changes to a personnel record; posting of signs; back pay; the hiring, reinstatement, or upgrading of an employee with or without back pay; the payment of front pay for a period of not more than one year if hiring, reinstatement, or upgrading of an employee is inappropriate because a vacancy does not exist, the employer’s discriminatory practice rendered the employee incapable of returning to work, or the relationship between the employer and employee has so deteriorated as to make working conditions intolerable; restoration to membership in a labor organization; admission to or participation in an apprenticeship training program, on-the-job training program, or other retraining program; or restoration of seniority; however, an order for back pay or front pay must be reduced by the amount the employee could have earned or could earn by making reasonably diligent efforts to obtain similar employment;
(2) housing, the commission may order the sale, lease, or rental of the housing accommodation to the aggrieved person if it is still available, or the sale, lease, or rental of a like accommodation owned by the person charged in the accusation if one is still available, or the sale, lease, or rental of the next vacancy in a like accommodation, owned by the person charged in the accusation; the commission may award actual damages, which shall include the expenses incurred by the complainant for obtaining alternative housing or space; for storage of goods and effects; and for moving and other costs actually incurred as a result of the unlawful practice or violation.
(b) The order may require a report on the manner of compliance.
(c) If the commission finds that a person charged in an accusation has not engaged in the discriminatory practice alleged in the accusation, it shall issue and cause to be served on the complainant an order dismissing the complaint.
(d) A copy of the order shall be filed in all cases with the attorney general of this state.
(e) The commission may order payment of reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees to any private party before the commission when the commission, in its discretion, determines the allowance is appropriate.
(f) The interest rate for an award under this section is determined in the manner provided in Alaska Stat. § 09.30.070.
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