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2. Unruh Civil Rights Act - Wikipedia

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   The Unruh Civil Rights Act (colloquially the "Unruh Act") is an expansive 1959 California law that prohibits California businesses from engaging in unlawful discrimination against all persons (consumers) within California's jurisdiction, where the unlawful discrimination is in part based on a person's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition ...

3. List of anti-discrimination laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Malby Law (1895) [9] Ives-Quinn Act; Marriage Equality Act (2011) Dignity for All Students Act (2010) New York Human Rights Law (1945) Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (2019) Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (2002) CROWN Act (2019) Oregon Oregon Constitution, Article I, §46 (2014) CROWN Act (2021) Pennsylvania

4. Social stigma of obesity - Wikipedia

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   [2] [97] Specifically, localities that have passed legislation explicitly prohibiting weight-based discrimination include the state of Michigan; San Francisco and Santa Cruz in California; Washington, DC; Urbana, Illinois; Binghamton, New York; New York City, New York (in employment, housing, and public accommodations), [98] and Madison ...

5. Is Weight Discrimination At Work Illegal? - AOL

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   Under federal discrimination laws, weight is not a protected class, which means that, for the most part, your boss can refuse to promote you, can harass you, and can fire you due to your weight.

6. 7 Ways to Prove Weight Discrimination - AOL

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   The big question is whether, now that disability has been declared a disease, the overweight will find more legal protection under discrimination laws. Well, the lawsuits are already flying.

7. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Discrimination in the private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution, but has become subject to a growing body of federal and state law, including the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Federal law prohibits discrimination in a number of areas, including recruiting, hiring, job evaluations, promotion policies, training ...

8. More Protection From Weight-Based Discrimination Is Needed - AOL

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   In fact, until this summer, Michigan was the only state to afford anti-discrimination protection based on weight status. This leaves only 30% of adults who are not affected by overweight or obesity.

9. Sizeism - Wikipedia

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   This type of discrimination can take a number of forms, ranging from refusing to hire someone because they are considered to be too short or too tall, to treating overweight and underweight individuals with disdain. There are not currently any specific anti-discrimination laws to prohibit sizeism, despite the issue being extremely prevalent. [1]