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HB0053 • 2009

Unfair employment practices.

AN ACT relating to fair employment practices; providing that discriminatory and unfair employment practices include retaliatory acts as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Millin
Last action
2009-01-28
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0053HS001

Standing Committee • H10

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H10

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Bill History

  1. 2009-01-28 House

    H Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2009-01-28 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  3. 2009-01-28 House

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2009-01-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  5. 2009-01-19 House

    H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  6. 2009-01-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10

  7. 2009-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  8. 2008-12-23 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0348

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0053

Unfair employment practices.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Millin, Byrd and Landon and Senator(s) Hastert and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
fair employment practices; providing that discriminatory and unfair employment practices include retaliatory acts as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 27
‑
9
‑
105(a)(i) and (ii)
is
amended to read:

27
‑
9
‑
105.

Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations.

(a)

It is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice:

(i)

For an employer to refuse to hire, to discharge, to promote or demote, or to discriminate in matters of compensation or the terms, conditions or privileges of employment against, a qualified disabled person or any person otherwise qualified, because of age, sex, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry or pregnancy
, or to discriminate or retaliate against any person for having opposed any employment practice made unlawful under this
section or for having made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding or hearing under this act
;

(ii)

For a person, an employment agency, a labor organization, or its employees or members, to discriminate in matters of employment or membership against any person, otherwise qualified, because of age, sex, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry or pregnancy, or a qualified disabled person
, or to discriminate or retaliate against any person for having opposed any employment practice made unlawful under this section or for having made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding or hearing under this act
;

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

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