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Arizona law covers many areas related to discrimination. I will focus on the general statues even though areas like Agriculture, Day Labor, Peace Officers, Private Employers and more have certain statues that cover job discrimination. However, Arizona State Law (§41-1463) makes in unlawful to discriminate against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. An employee cannot be singled out due to a genetic test nor segregated/classified to limit choices for employment opportunities. The laws closely follow the federal Title VII anti-discrimination laws which include statutes against age discrimination for those over the age of 40.

A second Arizona State Law is the Arizona Civil Rights Act (ACRA). This act is designed to protect women against sexual discrimination in the workplace. It was designed to help protect women who work for employers that have more than 15 employees.

Wrongful termination is covered under the Employment Protection Act (EPA). The interesting thing about this law is an employer in Arizona cannot fire you in violation of any Arizona statute which includes the ACRA.

The ACRA is similar to the Title VII legislation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If a claim is filed, then the claimant must prove it was in violation based on a person’s sex. . If a person feels he/she has been discriminated against the Arizona attorney general’s Civil Rights Division (ACRD) http://www.azag.gov/civil_rights/discrimination.html, the federal administrative agency or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Phoenix, Arizona (602-640-5000) can handle the claim. The two agencies have a working arrangement where they cooperate with each other to process claims. The claimant has to let one of the agencies know that you want to file an additional claim with the other agency. The first agency will take care of it for you. Claims for discrimination must be filed within 180 days of incident. If your complaint is not resolved through the ACRD or the EEOC then the claimant can file with the court after a “Right to Sue” letter is issued from the EEOC. It is important that you file with the ACRD or the EEOC first before you can go to court.

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