December 2024
Author: ADP Admin/Tuesday, September 3, 2024/Categories: Compliance Corner , State Compliance Update, New Hampshire
New Hampshire has enacted legislation (House Bill 1169), which expressly prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of traits associated with race, including hair texture and hairstyles. House Bill 1169 takes effect on Sept. 1, 2024.
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New Hampshire's Law Against Discrimination prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual on the basis of race and certain other characteristics.
House Bill 1169 makes clear that the definition of race includes traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hairstyles or hair type, including braids, locs, tight coils or curls, corn rows, Bantu knots, Afros, twists, and head wraps.
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