Tag: work
Ireland’s first LGBTQ+ network for professionals launches in Cork
This is a practical way of making a difference and connecting professionals.
These Graphics Reveal The Challenges LGBT People Face In The Workplace
It’s LGBT History Month. Attitudes towards the community have changed for the better, however many LGBT people are still afraid to come out at work. In short – there is still some way to go.
European Parliament calls for further protection LGBTI people at work
In a report on the implementation of the EU’s Employment Equality Directive, the European parliament has called for further measures to improve the protection of LGBTI people at the work floor, and beyond.
Lesbians earn more than heterosexual women
The impact of sexual orientation has on the payroll varies from country to country, but the trend is clear: heterosexual men earn more than gay men, while lesbians earn more than heterosexual women.
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.
‘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.