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2025 Legislative Session – Racial Justice
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Hairstyle Discrimination (H 5841, S 519)

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Mar 17, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Workers' Rights
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Reasonable Accommodations for Menopause (S 361, H 6161)

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Apr 30, 2024
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Waiving Background Check Fees (H 7031, S 2887)

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Apr 01, 2024
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Ban on Weight Discrimination (H 7883)

We supported this bill which would make it illegal for employers and public accommodations to discriminate against individuals based on their weight.
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Mar 07, 2024
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  • Workers’ Rights

Massage Therapist Licensure (H 7738, S 2625)

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Feb 16, 2024
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  • Workers’ Rights

Expanding FEPA Definition of Employee (H 7458)

We strongly supported a proposed change to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act which would expand the definition of “employee” to cover a wider breadth of working personnel, including domestic workers, volunteers, interns, and contracted employees.
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Mar 23, 2023
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  • Workers’ Rights

Banning NDAs in Employment (H 5929, S 342)

This important piece of anti-discrimination legislation amends 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.
Legislation
Mar 23, 2023
workers rights
  • Workers’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Expanding FEPA Definition of Employee (H 5927)

We strongly supported a proposed change to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act which would have expanded the definition of “employee” to cover a wider breadth of working personnel.
Legislation
Mar 08, 2023
workers rights
  • Workers’ Rights

Liability for Unlawful Employment Practices (H 5445)

We supported legislation that would have made individual employee-supervisors, and not just the company employing them, subject to personal liability for their own acts of discrimination.
Legislation
Apr 15, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Racial Justice
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Apr 15, 2025
  • Racial Justice|
  • +2 Issues

Hairstyle Discrimination (H 5841, S 519)

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Mar 17, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Workers' Rights
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Mar 17, 2025
  • Workers’ Rights

Reasonable Accommodations for Menopause (S 361, H 6161)

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Apr 30, 2024
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Apr 30, 2024
  • Workers’ Rights

Waiving Background Check Fees (H 7031, S 2887)

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Apr 01, 2024
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Apr 01, 2024
  • Workers’ Rights

Ban on Weight Discrimination (H 7883)

We supported this bill which would make it illegal for employers and public accommodations to discriminate against individuals based on their weight.
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Mar 07, 2024
workers rights
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Mar 07, 2024
  • Workers’ Rights

Massage Therapist Licensure (H 7738, S 2625)

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Feb 16, 2024
workers rights
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Feb 16, 2024
  • Workers’ Rights

Expanding FEPA Definition of Employee (H 7458)

We strongly supported a proposed change to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act which would expand the definition of “employee” to cover a wider breadth of working personnel, including domestic workers, volunteers, interns, and contracted employees.
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Mar 23, 2023
workers rights
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Mar 23, 2023
  • Workers’ Rights

Banning NDAs in Employment (H 5929, S 342)

This important piece of anti-discrimination legislation amends 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.
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Mar 23, 2023
workers rights
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Mar 23, 2023
  • Workers’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Expanding FEPA Definition of Employee (H 5927)

We strongly supported a proposed change to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act which would have expanded the definition of “employee” to cover a wider breadth of working personnel.
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Mar 08, 2023
workers rights
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Mar 08, 2023
  • Workers’ Rights

Liability for Unlawful Employment Practices (H 5445)

We supported legislation that would have made individual employee-supervisors, and not just the company employing them, subject to personal liability for their own acts of discrimination.
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