Talk:Employment Discrimination

What about criminal discrimination?

Is it legal to discriminate by creed, or personal belief? (e.g. "No Democrats may rent in this building" or "No Republicans may work for this company")

Criminal conviction status is not a protected class under any federal law. Employers are permitted to take a person's criminal convictions into account when making a hiring decision. In fact, an employer could be exposed to a tort of negligent hire if it failed to check a person's background. However, because there is a race based differential in criminal conviction rates in this country, adopting an absolute rule again hiring anyone with a criminal background could expose an employer to a disparate impact discrimination complaint. RCKamahele 07:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination against a person who is a member of the Communist Party of the United States is permitted. Sec. 703 (f) RCKamahele 07:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)