Later this month, a NYC Local Law goes into effective which establishes unemploymed as a protected group. An excellent, summary of this new law is Geoffrey Mort, Implications of Statute Establishing Unemployed As A Protected Group, NYLJ (May 20, 2013). As the article explains:
When the New York City Council in March voted to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto and enacted a law prohibiting employment discrimination against unemployed persons, it created the first new protected group in New York since the state Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act was passed some years ago. The new act, with several exceptions discussed below, makes it unlawful for employers with four or more employees to discriminate with respect to hiring, compensation or the terms and conditions of employment against any unemployed person seeking a job or to advertise for a position and require current employment as a qualification. The purpose of the New York City Local Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based on an Individual's Unemployment is straightforward: in advocating for its passage, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn stated that "[w]e want to do everything we can to help people work" and said that a psychological stigma attached to being unemployed is "completely unfair."
Hat tip: Adjunct Law Prof Blog
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