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GAO-02-878R 1 (2002-07-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxfw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i 7=Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 July 9, 2002 The Honorable James M. Jeffords The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman The Honorable Arlen Specter United States Senate Subject: Sexual Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: States' Experience with Statutory Prohibitions Three federal statutes-title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act-together make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and age. Twelve states' and the District of Columbia have enacted laws that prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. As principal sponsors of S. 1284, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001 (ENDA), a bill that would make such discrimination a violation of federal law, you asked us to study these states' laws and report on the states' experiences with enforcing them. Specifically, you asked us to (1) examine the characteristics, coverage, and exclusions of the laws, including how they compare with provisions of ENDA and (2) gather information concerning the number of complaints filed with the states. In response to your request, we reviewed ENDA and the laws in the 13 states. We collected data from each state on the numbers of employment discrimination complaints filed, and the proportion of those complaints involving sexual orientation, for fiscal years 2000 and 2001. All data are as reported by the state agency; we did not verify these data. We have also incorporated information contained in our earlier reports on this subject.3 We conducted our review between April and June 2002. 1California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. 2Except where otherwise specified, we use the word state throughout this correspondence to refer to the District of Columbia as well as to the 12 states. 3U.S. General Accounting Office, Sexual-Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: States' Experience With Statutory Prohibitions, GAO/OGC-98-7R (Washington, D.C.: Oct. 23, 1997); Sexual- Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: States' Experience With Statutory Prohibitions Since 1997, GAO/OGC-00-27R (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 28, 2000); Sexual-Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: State and Federal Status, GAO-02-665R (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 19, 2002). GAO-02-878R Sexual Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination

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