Caregivers as a Protected Class? The Growth of State and Local Laws Prohibiting Family Responsibilities Discrimination, is a December 2009 report from the Center for WorkLife Law, Hastings College of the Law, University of California. The report details the results of a survey of nearly 3,700 local government laws (city and county ordinances and codes) analyzing 63 local laws in 22 states that go beyond state and federal law to expressly prohibit discrimination at work against those who are also caregivers at home. The local laws detailed create a new protected class of those with family responsibilities, by specifically including parental or familial status or family responsibilities along with other protected classes (such as sex, race, religion, and disability) in city or county codes that prohibit employment discrimination. In these localities, many of which are major urban areas, caregivers are protected at work beyond current remedies available to them under state and federal law. The report analyzes these findings and the implications they have for workers, employers, attorneys, advocates, and policymakers nationwide.