Minnesota Widens Rights Act To Counter High Court Move
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In a direct countermove to the United States Supreme Court, Minnesota has expanded its human rights law to broaden the rights of employees and subcontractors who want to take job discrimination complaints to the state’s courts. In a direct countermove to the United States Supreme Court, Minnesota has expanded its human rights law to broaden the rights of employees and subcontractors who want to take job discrimination complaints to the state’s courts. Gov. Rudy Perpich, a Democrat, has signed legislation that is the most far-reaching so far in seeking to overturn the effects of Supreme Court decisions last June on employment discrimination. Civil rights advocates have said the rulings by the High Court made it more difficult for people to press discrimination lawsuits under Federal law. The Minnesota legislation, would help a plaintiff in an employment discrimination case in three ways: * It would permit a person to claim discrimination not only in hiring decisions, but also at any time after the person was hired. Subcontractors could make similar discrimination claims against a contractor. More : query.nytimes.com |