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Both the US House and the Senate have tabled ENDA for the present. Efforts to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will clearly continue in 2010, but success is far from certain.

In early December 2009, the House Education and Labor Committee failed to reschedule a cancelled November markup session for the bill, also referred to as H.R. 3017.

ENDA would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation nationwide. While a number of states including California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois currently have statutes that prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, there is no ban under federal law.

Key issues under discussion include the focus on attorney fees and whether victims of job bias could seek relief under ENDA and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

At least some members of Congress are optimistic that ENDA (more…)