Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Did You Know That 18 States and Washington D.C. also prohibit age-based discrimination in areas of public accommodation ?

NCSL has a friendly reminder for businesses that want to "discriminate based on age":
Five states—Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas—do not have a public accommodation law for nondisabled individuals. All states with a public accommodation law prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, ancestry and religion. In addition, 18 jurisdictions prohibit discrimination based on marital status, 22 prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and 19 prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Nineteen jurisdictions also prohibit age-based discrimination in areas of public accommodation.
Are you 18,19,or 20 and want to buy a guy in 18 states... you've got a darn good lawsuit...