Discussions on Recent Legislation, Noteworthy Cases & Trends in Enforcement
The city of Helena, Montana may be next to join the “national trend” in passing laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from employment discrimination. Already, Bozeman and…
Continue Reading “Familial Status” Employment Discrimination May Be Part of Proposed New Law
On August 16th we quoted a University of Utah law professor who said that laws to prohibit employment discrimination based upon sexual orientation are “a national trend.” We also reported on August 5th that…
Continue Reading Kansas Towns Seek To Repeal Two Employment Discrimination Laws
The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington published an article today about the wave of laws being passed countrywide, and especially in neighboring Utah (!), which ban discrimination on the basis of…
Creve Coeur, Missouri’s town council has just unanimously amended its non-discrimination ordinance by banning employment (and other) discrimination based upon gender identity and sexual orientation.
As the Sacramento Bee reports "Five other St. Louis-area…
Central MichiganLife has reported that the Mount Pleasant City Commission has just unanimously approved a new human rights ordinance under which “traits including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, …
A great resource has been posted online for employers, lawyers, and anyone interested in a compendium of all state laws regarding gay and transgender employees. Written by Jerome Hunt and…
Continue Reading Report Released On State-By-State Laws Regarding Gay and Transgender Employees
Add Jacksonville, Florida to the growing number of municipalities which are considering or passing laws which would add sexual orientation, gender identity or expression to the list of protected classes…
On March 18th we reported that Omaha had just passed the “Equal Omaha” law, prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. There is no such federal or…
We have written frequently about various states and municipalities outlawing discrimination in employment against transgendered individuals. (On November 18, 2011 we noted that Massachusetts became the 16th state to outlaw such discrimination, …
Continue Reading Landmark Ruling From EEOC Protects Transgendered People
On May 3, 2011 we wrote that Nevada passed a law banning discrimination against transgender individuals, and on November 18, 2011 we wrote that Massachusetts banned such discrimination. And as …
Continue Reading Will Anchorage — Anchorage? — Ban Discrimination Based Upon Sexual Orientation and Transgendered Identity?
