New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio recently signed legislation establishing a year-long employment discrimination testing program in New York City to begin on or before October 1, 2015. The new law requires the NYC Commission on Human Rights to utilize a process called “matched-pair testing,” in which it sends out pairs of “testers” to apply for, inquire about, or express interest in the same job with local employers. The testers will be assigned similar credentials, but will differ in one of the various “protected characteristics” covered by NYC Human Rights Law: e.g., race, color, creed, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, partnership status, criminal history, unemployment status, and status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking, and sex offenses.
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