Current Version
| Region | New York |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | Jan 2019 |
| Description | State law provides protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation only. However, public state employees are allowed domestic partner benefits. Additionally, public state employees are protected from employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identification. Additionally, sources also states there was another law that has been since renamed so it is unclear when there was no protections. |
| Sources | https://dhr.ny.gov/agency-history#:~:text=In%201945%2C%20Governor%20Thomas%20E,%2C%20color%2C%20and%20national%20origin. https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/employment/eodd.php#:~:text=Protected%20classes%20include%3A%20race%2C%20creed,familial%20status%2C%20and%20gender%20identity. |
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Revision History (3)
edited by Belmount. Source was broken, Somewhere around 1945 the Human Rights Act was made, it did not include Gender Identity at the time, only sexual orientation
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Sexual orientation only | No protections |
| Start Date | 2003 | (NONE) |
| End Date | Jan 1, 2018 | Jan 2019 |
| Description | State law provides protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation only. However, public state employees are allowed domestic partner benefits. Additionally, public state employees are protected from employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identification. | State law provides protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation only. However, public state employees are allowed domestic partner benefits. Additionally, public state employees are protected from employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identification. Additionally, sources also states there was another law that has been since renamed so it is unclear when there was no protections. |
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| Sources | http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/statewide_employment_10-2014.pdf | https://dhr.ny.gov/agency-history#:~:text=In%201945%2C%20Governor%20Thomas%20E,%2C%20color%2C%20and%20national%20origin. https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/employment/eodd.php#:~:text=Protected%20classes%20include%3A%20race%2C%20creed,familial%20status%2C%20and%20gender%20identity. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | 2003 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | State law provides protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation only. However, public state employees are allowed domestic partner benefits. Additionally, public state employees are protected from employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identification. |
| Sources | http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/statewide_employment_10-2014.pdf |