The Minneapolis City Council voted on May 1 to expand civil rights protections. Under the updated version of Ordinance No. 2025-022, as of Aug. 1, it will be illegal for employers in Minneapolis to discriminate based on a person’s height, weight, criminal record or history (referred to in the ordinance as “justice-impacted status”), or housing status. The amendments also redefine “race” and “familial status” and impose additional requirements on employers when providing religious accommodations.
Under Minneapolis’ updated civil rights ordinance, except when based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to discharge, refuse to hire, or discriminate with respect to “hiring, training, apprenticeship, tenure, promotion, upgrading, compensation, benefits, layoff, discharge or any term or condition of employment” based on a protected class or using a protected class a “motivating factor.” The ordinance will also prohibit discrimination on the basis of height, weight, justice-impacted status, and housing status, defined as:
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