Connecticut Joins Growing List Of States To Ban Hairstyle Discrimination - Employment and HR
Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will Become Effective Immediately Upon Governor Lamont's Signature, Expected in the Coming Days. On March 1, 2021, the Connecticut State Senate unanimously passed the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act ("CROWN Act"), which amends the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act ("FEPA") to make clear that hairstyle discrimination is included in the exi...
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