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Assembly Bill 1443 amends the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act ("FEHA") to extend its protections to unpaid
interns. Employers are now prohibited from discrimination based on
protected characteristics in the "selection, termination,
training or other terms or treatment" of a person in "an
unpaid internship, or another limited duration program to provide
unpaid work experience." The new law also prohibits harassment
of unpaid interns based on protected characteristics, and makes
employers liable for sexual harassment of unpaid interns by
non-employees if an employer knew or should have known of the
conduct, but failed to promptly take appropriate corrective
action.
In addition, employers may not take adverse actions against
unpaid interns based on their religious beliefs and must provide
reasonable accommodations for religious observance unless doing so
would pose an undue hardship.
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