TITLE 28

Labor and Labor Relations

CHAPTER 28-5

Fair Employment Practices

SECTION 28-5-2



   § 28-5-2  Legislative findings. –

The practice or policy of discrimination against individuals because of their

race or color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or

expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin is a matter of

state concern. Such discrimination foments domestic strife and unrest,

threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the state, and

undermines the foundations of a free democratic state. The denial of equal

employment opportunities because of such discrimination and the consequent

failure to utilize the productive capacities of individuals to their fullest

extent deprive large segments of the population of the state of earnings

necessary to maintain decent standards of living, necessitates their resort to

public relief, and intensifies group conflicts, thereby resulting in grave

injury to the public safety, health, and welfare.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1949, ch. 2181, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-5-2; P.L. 1973, ch. 132,

§ 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 15; P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 4; P.L.

1997, ch. 150, § 4; P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 3.)