Florida House Bill 815 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates "Fair Employment Opportunity Act"; prohibits employer from refusing to consider or offer employment because person is or was unemployed; prohibits advertisement or announcement which states or indicates that unemployed person is disqualified; prohibits employer from directing or requesting employment agency to take person's status as unemployed into account; prohibits employment agency from refusing to consider or refer person based on person's status as unemployed; prohibits employment agency advertisement or announcement for job vacancy which states or indicates that unemployed person is disqualified; prohibits employment agency from limiting person's access to information about jobs or referral because person is or was unemployed; prohibits employer or agency from discriminating against person because person engaged in certain lawful activities; provides exception; authorizes civil action by AG; provides that damages recovered accrue to injured party.

Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed

Rep. Betty Reed [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 80
2011-12-12		Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 80
2011-11-30		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/815
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0815/BillText/Filed/HTML