Missouri House panel considers changes to ‘human rights’ law

Advocates say it will bring business; opponents fear it will allow discrimination

Monday, February 7, 2011

A proposal to change Missouri’s Human Rights Commission law either will help the state attract more businesses — or will set the clock back half a century and allow more instances of discrimination.

Those were the conflicting messages delivered at a House Workforce Development and Workplace Safety Committee hearing this past week.

Read additional details in our newspaper or e-Edition. Newspaper subscribers: Click on an e-Edition article and log in using your current account information at no extra charge. For e-edition help, e-mail circ@newstribune.com. Click here to purchase the full version of archived articles.

Rep. Kevin Elmer’s bill proposes a number of changes to current law, prompted partly by court decisions, he said.

More like this story

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Please review our Policies and Procedures before registering or commenting

Or login with:

OpenID

News Tribune