California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §7456: Antidiscrimination.

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Network companies cannot refuse to contract with, terminate, or deactivate app-based drivers based on protected characteristics like race, color, religion, disability, sex, or sexual orientation, unless justified by occupational necessity. Claims are handled under civil antidiscrimination law.

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Antidiscrimination. (a) It is an unlawful practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or public or app-based driver safety need, for a network company to refuse to contract with, terminate the contract of, or deactivate from the network company’s online-enabled application or platform, any app-based driver or prospective app-based driver based upon race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or military or veteran status. (b) Claims brought pursuant to this section shall be brought solely under the procedures established by the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code) and will be governed by its requirements and remedies.

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