Posted: | January 7, 2014 02:31 PM |
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From: | Representative Pam Snyder |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Co-sponsorship: Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Based on Marital or Familial Status |
In the very near future I will introduce legislation designed to prohibit employers from discriminating based on an applicant's marital or parental status. Employers would be prohibited from asking job applicants if they have children, plan to have children, or are married. There are instances in hiring where the best qualified applicant makes it to the final stages in the interview process only to be disqualified internally based on their response to these questions. Being married, planning to have children, who one is married too- all of these questions are irrelevant to the applicant’s ability to perform the functions of the job and are inappropriate. This bill would make it unlawful for any employer to ask either in writing or verbally about the marital or parental status of any applicant of any gender. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as HB1984