Lessons from the EEOC’s Transgender Discrimination Settlement

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Lessons from the EEOC's Transgender Discrimination Settlement

http://www.corpcounsel.com/id=1202747822903/Lessons-from-the-EEOCs-Transgender-Discrimination-Settlement?rss=rss_cc

Corporate Counsel/Jan Wolfe  January 25, 2016

"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission notched a victory in its litigation push on behalf of transgender workers on January 20, when a Minnesota-based company issued an apology and agreed to pay $115,000 to settle discrimination claims brought a transgender employee. Employment lawyers say the settlement offers lessons for employers across the country, including the importance of including gender identity in nondiscrimination policies and not deliberately referring to a transgender person by his or her original name."