HF 16

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 01/10/2013 11:58am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; prohibiting conditions precedent to employment related
to unemployed persons; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 181.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [181.531] CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EMPLOYMENT
PROHIBITED.
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new text begin No employer shall:
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new text begin (1) refuse to consider for employment or refuse to offer employment to an individual
because of the individual's status as unemployed;
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new text begin (2) publish in print, on the Internet, or in any other medium, an advertisement or
announcement for any job that includes:
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new text begin (i) any provision stating or indicating that an individual's status as unemployed
disqualifies the individual for a job; and
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new text begin (ii) any provision stating or indicating that an employer will not consider an
applicant for employment based on that individual's status as unemployed; or
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new text begin (3) direct or request that an employment agency take an individual's status as
unemployed into account in screening or referring applicants for employment.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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