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RSA 275:37-e · Discrimination Based on Protective Hairstyle

Title
LABOR
Chapter
275 · PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes

Official source

275:37-e Discrimination Based on Protective Hairstyle. –
No person shall be subjected to discrimination in employment because he or she wears a protective hairstyle. In this section, "protective hairstyles" means hairstyles or hair type, including braids, locs, tight coils or curls, corn rows, Bantu knots, Afros, twists, and head wraps. A person subjected to discrimination based on wearing a protective hairstyle shall have a private cause of action and shall be exempt from the jurisdiction of the human rights commission and the provisions of RSA 354-A. This section shall not apply to those employed by the department of corrections.
Source. 2024, 117:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024.

Source note

Source. 2024, 117:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024.

Source history

  • 2024, 117:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024

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