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In Florida, employers may not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status. This means that an employer cannot use any of these classifications as a deciding factor in employment decisions. If a person’s membership in a protected class, by itself, makes them unable to do the job, this law does not apply. For example, if you have a disability which prevents you from doing the job, an employer may refuse to hire you. Or, if an employer is seeking people to model men’s clothing, they are not breaking the law if they don’t hire any women. In this case, women, by virtue of their sex, are not qualified to do the job. In both cases, a person is being excluded from a job because of their membership in a protected class. Even so, an employer always has the right to reject applicants who are not qualified for a job, no matter what it is that makes them unqualified. |
