UPDATE/REPORT: 16 Million Employees Could Receive Nondiscrimination Protections

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REPORT: 16 Million Employees Could Receive Nondiscrimination Protections From Executive Order


By Igor Volsky on Feb 6, 2012 at 9:01 am

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/06/419192/report-up-to-16-million-lgbt-employees-could-receive-nondiscrimination-protections-as-a-result-of-obama-order/





As the White House considers issuing an executive order prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors, the Williams Institute are out with a new report showing that 11 to 16 million additional employees would gain protections as a result of the measure.