Labor/Employment
May 10, 2019
California Legislature takes steps to prevent hairstyle discrimination
Senate Bill 188 would significantly broaden employees’ protections against improper race discrimination and make California the first state in the nation to pass a law explicitly prohibiting discrimination based on hairstyles.
Bryan L. Hawkins
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Stoel Rives LLP
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UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA
Bryan is a litigator practicing in the firm's Labor and Employment group with extensive jury and bench-trial experience. He represents employers in employment-related litigation in court and before administrative agencies such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His practice also involves counseling employers on employment-related issues, including handbooks and policies.
Every January the California Legislature begins a new legislative session. Whether becoming one of the first states to require employers to provide paid sick leave, or instituting a minimum wage almost double that guaranteed under federal law, California's lawmakers repeatedly remind the country (often to the chagrin of California employers) that the state leads the way in advancing employee rights. This past January, the Legislature did it again by introducing Senate...
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