New Jersey has one of the most progressive laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, as well as in places of public accommodation.\u00a0 That law\u2019s protections against race discrimination have been further expanded under recent legislation signed into law by Governor Murphy. The new act is commonly known as the \u201cCrown Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the new law, it is now illegal to discriminate against anyone because of their race, inclusive of traits historically associated with race \u201cincluding but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles.\u201d\u00a0 The new law further defines protective hairstyles to include \u201csuch hairstyles as braids, locks and twists.\u201d In short, you cannot refuse to continue to employ any current employees or refuse to employ prospective employees if they are sporting hairstyles that are characteristically associated with a particular race of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Jersey has one of the most progressive laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, as well as in places of public accommodation.\u00a0 That law\u2019s protections against race discrimination have been further expanded under recent legislation signed into law by Governor Murphy. The new act is commonly known as the \u201cCrown Act.\u201d Under the new law, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,108,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[189],"class_list":["post-4123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-schmidt","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n