HB87 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rolanda HollisRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Discrimination, to make it unlawful to deny an individual full and equal employment of public accommodations based on certain protected classes, to make it unlawful for a local school board to discriminate against an individual based on certain protected classes, and to make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based on certain protected classes

Description

Under existing state law, it is unlawful for any person to discriminate against an individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, or national origin with respect to housing.

Under existing state law, it is also unlawful for an employer to pay an employee at wage rates less than those paid to employees of another race or sex for substantially similar work.

Under existing state law, it is unlawful for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization to discriminate against a worker 40 years of age or over in hiring, job retention, compensation, or other terms or conditions of employment.

This bill would make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based upon the individual's race, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.

This bill would also make it unlawful for a local school board to discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, sex, disability, or national origin.

This bill would make it unlawful for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the applicant or employee's race, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin and would create a state cause of action against an employer who does so.

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Subjects

Discrimination