AB 529

Current law prohibits discrimination in employment on various bases,

including the basis of marital status, which is defined as the status of being married,

single, divorced, separated, or widowed. Current law provides, however, that it is not

employment discrimination because of marital status to prohibit an individual from

directly supervising or being directly supervised by his or her spouse.

This bill prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of family status,

which is defined in the bill as: 1) having responsibility for the full-time or part-time

care of a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or other relative; or 2) being married

to or in a domestic partnership with a particular person or being a relative of a

particular person. The bill provides, however, that it is not employment

discrimination because of family status to prohibit an individual from directly

supervising or being directly supervised by a relative or domestic partner.