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2006 Alameda County Resolution 389 Protecting Incarcerated Individuals Against Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) California

Source Alameda County Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employer discrimination against or otherwise denying employment to individuals with criminal records solely on the basis of those records....

2019 Fort Thomas Fair Employment Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Kentucky

Source City of Fort Thomas

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The ordinance prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, terminating, or discriminating against any individual on the basis of race, national origin, sex and/or gender, including gender identity, religion, age and/or sexual orientation. The ordinance requires the City Council to...

Pathways Into Poverty: Lived Experiences Among LGBTQ People

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Williams Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Extensive research has shown that LGBTQ people in the United States experience poverty at higher rates compared to cisgender heterosexual people. Among LGBTQ adults, transgender people and cisgender bisexual women experience the highest rates of economic insecurity. Through interviews...

Injustice at Every Turn: A Report on the National Transgender Discrimination Study

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source National Center for Transgender Equality

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Education

This report investigates the discrimination transgender individuals face in education, employment, housing, public accommodations, health care, prisons, in the family, and when updating ID documents. By surveying 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming study participants, the...

Paving the Way Toward a New Tradition in “Nontraditional Occupations”

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Local governments should seek to establish partnerships and policies that support nontraditional workers in industries like manufacturing, transportation, and distribution. This report outlines best practices for increasing the presence of women in nontraditional occupations and recommends...

Rigging the Gig: How Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash’s Ballot Initiative Would Put Corporations Above the Law and Steal Wages, Benefits, and Protections from California Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) California

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

In California, Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates workers are all classified as employees under California law entitled to the same benefits and protections enjoyed by all California employees. However, these companies are funding a ballot initiative – Proposition 22 or...

2010 Madison Equal Opportunity Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Madison

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This ordinance requires the City of Madison to provide equal opportunities to housing, employment, public accommodations and City facilities to all persons. The City shall not discriminate based on sex, race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, handicap/disability,...

Legal Protections for LGBT People After Bostock v. Clayton County

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Williams Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Education

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County affirmed that Title VII protects employees nationwide from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Courts have often looked to Title VII case law when interpreting analogous provisions...

Madison Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination in Employment, Housing, and Public Spaces

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Madison Department of Civil Rights

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces, Economic Justice

This ordinance declares it unlawful to discriminate against any person based on their protected classes when selling or renting housing, hiring, allowing access to any place of public accommodation or amusement. It also establishes the Equal Opportunities Commission, tasked with receiving...

2013 Vicco Ordinance Prohibiting Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Kentucky

Source Vicco City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

This ordinance prohibits employers from refusing to hire, or terminating and discriminating against an individual due to their race; color; national origin; sex and/or gender; religion; age; or sexual orientation. The ordinance requires the City Council to appoint a member of the...

2015 Madison "Ban the Box" Ordinance Reforming Hiring Practices

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Madison City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This ordinance requires certain city contractors to "Ban the Box" in their hiring practices, meaning that an employer will not ask any questions on a job application about an applicant's criminal or police record; the "box" to check for crimes or law violations is removed from application...

2010 St. Louis Ordinance 68715 Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Missouri

Source St. Louis City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety, Education

The ordinance prohibits discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry in housing, employment, education, services, public accommodations, and real property transactions...

2022 Lincoln Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Nebraska

Source Lincoln City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces

This ordinance establishes the Manager of Lincoln Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Human Rights to protect resident's equal access to places of public accommodation or equal opportunity for housing or employment. Any person subjected to unlawful discriminatory practices...

2012 District of Columbia Act 19-329 Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Unemployment Status

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) District of Columbia

Source Council of the District of Columbia

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This act declares that it is an unlawful practice for an employing agency to fail or refuse to consider an individual for employment because of that individual's status as unemployed. The act prohibits employing agencies to public advertisements or announcements for a vacancy that...

2017 San Francisco Ordinance 142-17 Banning the Consideration of Applicant's Salary History During Hiring Process

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Fransisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance amends the Police and Administrative Codes to ban employers, including City contractors and subcontractors, from considering an applicant's current or past salary in determining whether to hire an applicant or what salary to offer the applicant. It also prohibits employers...

2012 New York City Ordinance 857 Prohibiting Consumer Credit History Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source The New York City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance deems it unlawful for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or licensing agency to discriminate against an applicant or an employee with regard to hiring, termination, promotion, and compensation based on their consumer credit history. “Consumer credit...

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