Drafter
Clerk 11/21/2019
Title
AN ORDINANCE extending the amount of time available to a person to file or amend a complaint with the office of civil rights regarding employment discrimination; and amending Ordinance 7430, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.040.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County office of civil rights is authorized to receive complaints of employment discrimination against King County as an employer and other employers, labor organizations and employment agencies in unincorporated King County. Employment discrimination includes sexual harassment and discrimination based upon race, color, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability or use of a service or assistive animal by an individual with a disability.
2. Currently, a person who wishes to file a complaint alleging an unfair employment practice with the King County office of civil rights must do so within one hundred eighty days of the time of the alleged unfair employment practice or within one hundred eighty days of when the charging party, through exercise of due diligence, should have had notice or been aware of the occurrence.
3. A person alleging an employment discrimination complaint against King County or other employers in unincorporated King County may also file a complaint under federal law with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Washington state Human Rights Commission and the King County office of civil rights.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 7430, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.040 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A complaint alleging an unfair employment practice may be filed by:
1. Any aggrieved person;
2. A state, local or federal agency concerned with discrimination in employment, including the office of civil rights, if the agency has reason to believe that an unfair employment practice has been or is being committed; or
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