Tag: job
TLDEF Condemns Action by AG Sessions to Rescind Workplace Protections for Transgender Americans
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today denounces Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to roll back a federal policy recognising trans protections. The policy, announced in a 2014 Department of Justice memo during the Obama Administration, recognised that transgender employees are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Transgender Woman’s Employment Discrimination Case Can Go to Trial
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that a transgender woman may take her employment discrimination case against a Georgia auto sales company to trial. The decision in Chavez v. Credit Nation Auto Sales, LLC reverses an opinion by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in part, holding that there was sufficient evidence of discrimination for the case to be heard by a jury.
What Transgender and LGBT Rights on the Job Will Look Like in 2016 ?
A new EEOC ruling gives greater protection to transgender and LGBT employees than yet afforded by Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court.
‘Give me a chance’: Transgender woman Rihanna Cooper desperate for a job
A young transgender woman says she is close to despair after being unable to find work. Rihanna Cooper, 21, hit the headlines when, at 16, she became the youngest person in Britain to be accepted for gender reassignment.
Boy Scouts Job Application: “Known or Avowed Homosexuals” Need Not Apply
Following recent news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering a change to its membership policy banning gay scouts, the organization is embroiled in new charges of discrimination, this time regarding its hiring practices.
Boy Scouts Job Application: “Known or Avowed Homosexuals” Need Not Apply
Following recent news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering a change to its membership policy banning gay scouts, the organisation is embroiled in new charges of discrimination, this time regarding its hiring practices.