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Fla. Stat. § 448.075 (2025)

Employment discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.

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448.075 Employment discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.No person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity shall deny or refuse employment to any person or discharge any person from employment solely because such person has the sickle-cell trait.
History.s. 3, ch. 78-35.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2007 · leading case: Vincent v. Wells Fargo Guard Servs., Inc. of Florida, 3 F. Supp. 2d 1405 (S.D. Fla. 1998).
Vincent v. Wells Fargo Guard Servs., Inc. of Florida, 3 F. Supp. 2d 1405 (S.D. Fla. 1998). · cites it 11× “Discriminatory Discharge in Violation of, § 1981, Title VII and § 448.075, Fla. Stat. Vincent suffers from sickle cell anemia.”
Fleming v. State Univ. of New York, 502 F. Supp. 2d 324 (E.D.N.Y 2007). “1(D) (2007) (prohibiting insurers from discriminating based on presence of sickle cell trait); Fla. Stat. § 448.075 (2007) (prohibiting employment discrimination based on presence of sickle cell trait); N.”
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