Bill > A4289

Introduced Session

This bill would amend the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.) (the "LAD") to codify case law providing that the LAD protects those plaintiffs suffering discrimination on grounds of "disparate impact." Pursuant to the case law, the LAD protects two kinds of plaintiffs who are members of a protected class (such as race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, disability or nationality, among others): those plaintiffs who suffer disparate treatment because of their membership in the protected class, and those who suffer from the disparate impact of a facially neutral policy that in fact falls more harshly on them because of their membership in the protected class. See Gerety v. Atl. City Hilton Casino Resort, 184 N.J. 391 (2004).

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Yvonne Lopez (D)*,  Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Gary Schaer (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 06/22/2020)