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NYCLU Applauds Passage of Bill Enabling Working Mothers to Continue Nursing (06/21/2007)
NEW YORK - The New York Civil Liberties Union today applauded the passage in the New York State Legislature of a bill that would ensure working mothers' right to pump breast milk during their work breaks, enabling them to continue breastfeeding upon returning to work after giving birth.

ACLU Praises Introduction of Employment Non-Discrimination Act (04/24/2007)
Washington - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed strong support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) introduced today by Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Christopher Shays (R-CT). This legislation would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in all aspects of employment, including hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, and most conditions of employment.

ACLU of New Mexico Joins Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Local Hockey Team (05/11/2004)
ALBUQUERQUE--The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today announced its representation of five former employees of the New Mexico Scorpions hockey team in their pending lawsuit over hostile and discriminatory working conditions during the 2001-2002 season.

ACLU Urges House to Move Senate-Passed Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination (04/01/2004)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the House of Representatives to take up S. 1053, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, passed unanimously by the Senate last year.

ACLU Hails Victory as CA Court Allows Non-Citizen Baggage Screeners to Remain Eligible for Jobs (11/13/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a coalition of civil rights groups by ruling that their constitutional challenge to the government's exclusion of qualified non-citizen baggage screeners from eligibility for federal airport screener posts may go forward.

ACLU Defends NYC School Custodians After Justice Department Dumps Their Discrimination Case (10/23/2002)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it is defending 20 New York City school custodians whose discrimination lawsuit was recently abandoned by the U.S. Department of Justice and who as a result now stand to lose their seniority, their benefits and their jobs.

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Employer May Deny Job for Employee's "Own Good" (02/26/2002)
WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in an employment discrimination case that could affect the freedom of employees to weigh the risks and benefits of working particular jobs without their bosses making those decisions for them. 

ACLU Praises NJ Companies Offering Domestic Partnership Benefits to Employees (08/31/2001)
NEWARK--In honor of Labor Day, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today commends the more than 100 companies with operations in New Jersey that provide some type of domestic partnership benefits to their employees. 

Washington Supreme Court Supports Domestic Partnership (08/23/2001)
OLYMPIA, WA--The Washington Supreme Court today upheld a City of Vancouver program that provides health insurance to unmarried partners of people the City employs. The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund had filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging that the domestic partnership program be upheld. 

ACLU Tells Washington High Court that State-Funded Hospital Violated U.S. Constitution by Firing Lesbian (08/09/2001)
OLYMPIA, WA - A state-funded hospital and its staff violated the constitutional rights of a lesbian employee by subjecting her to severe and ongoing anti-gay harassment, then firing her, the American Civil Liberties Union said in an appeal filed at the Washington State Supreme Court today.

City of Decatur Modifies Employee Background Checks in Response to ACLU (02/26/2001)
DECATUR, GA--In response to inquiries from the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, city officials here will alter highly intrusive background checks on people who work in bars and restaurants where alcohol is served, the ACLU announced today.

Disney Employees Object to Police Screenings (02/26/2001)
ANAHEIM, CA -- Anaheim police are under fire for requiring bartenders, janitors and other employees of alcohol-selling establishments to carry city-issued identification cards as well as provide officers with fingerprints and personal information, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Nevada Officials Drop Plan to License and Fingerprint Clergy (12/29/2000)
LAS VEGAS, NV -- Under pressure from local religious and civil rights leaders, Clark County Clerk Shirley Parraguirre said yesterday she is shelving new licensing regulations that would have required police background checks for ministers who perform marriages.

Court Removes Gag from Federal Employees (02/11/2000)
WASHINGTON -- In an affirmation of free speech rights in the federal workplace, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled this week that federal employees are free to speak on behalf of non-profit citizens' groups to agencies of the federal government.

Vast Employment Database Concerns Privacy Advocates (07/26/1999)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Employers are giving millions of employment and salary records to outside companies that share the data with landlords and others, raising alarm among privacy experts, USA Today reported.

NYCLU Applauds Appointment of Applicants 35 and Older to New York Police Academy (07/08/1999)
NEW YORK--The New York Civil Liberties Union today hailed the New York City Police Department's appointment of 39 qualified men and women aged 35 and older, who had been rejected previously because of their age.

Employment Protection Bill Reintroduced; Measure Would Protect Gays in the Workplace (06/23/1999)
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers today reintroduced a federal bill banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying that every American should have the equal right to be free from bias at their jobs.