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April 2011: Last month, the City of Philadelphia adopted a measure to update its Fair Practices Ordinance, which prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, use of public accommodations, and the delivery of city services. The comprehensive update of the law accomplishes three primary goals: extending protections to new classes of Philadelphians, creating greater capacity for enforcement by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR), and updating the language of the ordinance to make it more accessible. Among other things, the amendments:
