EEOC Issues New Fact Sheet Related to LGBT Discrimination
Yesterday, the EEOC issued a new Fact Sheet titled, "What you Should Know About EEOC and the Enforcement Protections for LGBT Workers." You can find it on the EEOC's website at: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/wysk/enforcement_protections_lgbt_workers.cfm
Therein, the EEOC tells employers it:
Therein, the EEOC tells employers it:
- interprets Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination as forbidding any employment discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation;
- will not recognize an employer's reliance on a contrary state or local law as a defense; and
- will consider a wide range of conduct to be discriminatory, including the failure to use the name and gender pronoun that correspond to the gender identity with which an employee identifies.
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