U.S. Supreme Court puts transgender bathroom case on hold
by Rachael L. Loughlin The case of the Gloucester County, Virginia, transgender high-school student fighting to use the restroom that matches his gender identity has been making its way through the...
View ArticleHow do ‘bathroom bills’ affect employers in other states?
by Joseph Godwin Much attention has been given recently to laws passed concerning transgender individuals’ use of public restrooms. Over the past few years, state legislatures have passed or proposed...
View ArticleTarget to spend millions on single-stall bathrooms
by Ryan Olson Target recently announced that employees and customers at its stores may use the public restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Now, amid criticism of its transgender...
View ArticleWhat’s gender identity got to do with work?
by Amanda M. Jones From Bruce Jenner’s announcement that he was transitioning to become a woman named “Caitlyn” to North Carolina’s passage of a so-called bathroom bill requiring schools and public...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court to consider transgender restroom lawsuit
by Ryan B. Frazier During the 1990s, Saturday Night Live, a popular TV sketch comedy show, featured a recurring gender-ambiguous character, Pat. The gag in Pat’s comedy sketches often involved others’...
View ArticleVA student’s transgender bathroom case will not pass ‘Go’ . . . yet
by Rachael L. Loughlin Transgender issues continue to be one of the hottest areas of the law today. Recent actions by the Trump administration backing away from the Obama administration’s forceful...
View ArticleEEOC maintains steady position on transgender employees’ rights
by JW Furman With all the attention given to President Donald Trump’s recent removal of the Obama administration’s protection for transgender bathroom access, it’s important to remember that the action...
View ArticleStage is set for SCOTUS to rule on Title VII and sexual orientation
by Ryan B. Frazier Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, state and federal laws have been enacted to prohibit employment discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race,...
View ArticleEmployers look to ‘culture of inclusiveness’ in era of expanding LGBT rights
Inclusiveness, civility, respectful treatment: Those are all concepts getting a lot of attention as employers struggle to cope with what seems like an increasingly divisive culture often threatening to...
View ArticleOklahoma jury awards transgender worker $1.165 million in bias suit
by Charlie Plumb The courts, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hold differing views on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
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