Legislation

Critical proposed changes to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act were introduced in two separate pieces of legislation.

This importance piece of anti-discrimination legislation would have amended the state Fair Employment Practices Act to prohibit an employer from requiring that an employee enter a non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreement as a condition of employment.

We supported this legislation which would have generally prohibited employers from using credit history as a component of the hiring process, noting that it could place unnecessary barriers to individual’s seeking employment.

Though we support recreational marijuana legalization, we raised a number of concerns about this bill and called for amendments to strengthen the language.