Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 4:33:09 GMT -6
RALEIGH -- As the debate over North Carolina’s House Bill 2 shifted from who could use which bathroom to its long-term effect on the business climate, Bruce Springsteen on Friday highlighted a part of the law that employment rights advocates have billed as one of its most troubling.
In canceling his Sunday show in Greensboro, Springsteen stated that “the law also attacks the rights of LGBT citizens to sue when their human rights are violated in the workplace.”
What the politically minded rocker didn’t note, though, is how the law, adopted in an emergency session with little debate, eliminates a path in state court for anyone bringing discrimination claims.
Since March 23, when Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill into law, employment rights advocates have tried to find out why and how a bill that was titled the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act included a single sentence that strips North Carolina workers of the ability to pursue remedies in state court if they believe they were fired because of their race, gender, religion or age.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article70952897.html
In canceling his Sunday show in Greensboro, Springsteen stated that “the law also attacks the rights of LGBT citizens to sue when their human rights are violated in the workplace.”
What the politically minded rocker didn’t note, though, is how the law, adopted in an emergency session with little debate, eliminates a path in state court for anyone bringing discrimination claims.
Since March 23, when Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill into law, employment rights advocates have tried to find out why and how a bill that was titled the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act included a single sentence that strips North Carolina workers of the ability to pursue remedies in state court if they believe they were fired because of their race, gender, religion or age.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article70952897.html