[EL] Laws against political discrimination in hiring

[Daniel Abramson]

The California Labor Code states:

1101.  No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule,
regulation, or policy:
   (a) Forbidding or preventing employees from engaging or
participating in politics or from becoming candidates for public
office.
   (b) Controlling or directing, or tending to control or direct the
political activities or affiliations of employees.

1102.  No employer shall coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or
influence his employees through or by means of threat of discharge
or loss of employment to adopt or follow or refrain from adopting or
following any particular course or line of political action or
political activity.




On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Primo, David <david.primo at rochester.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I recently learned that Washington, DC, has a law prohibiting
> discrimination on the basis of political affiliation in hiring.  This
> strikes me as a uncommon law with regard to private sector employees.  Is
> anybody on the list aware of whether other localities have such rules?
> I’ve seen evidence that these laws also exist in some MD counties near DC,
> but I haven’t been able to find evidence that they exist more broadly.
>
> Best,
> Dave
>
> David M. Primo
> Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
> Associate Professor of Political Science and Business Administration
> Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science
> University of Rochester
> Harkness Hall 318 (Political Science Dept.)
> Rochester, NY 14627-0146
> 585.273.4779
> Fax:  585.271.1616
> david.primo at rochester.edu
> http://www.rochester.edu/College/PSC/primo
>
>
>
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