Transsexual Claims Unemployment Discrimination
Department Of Labor Says To Repay Money
Wendy Saltzman, CBS Atlanta Investigates
POSTED: 5:17 pm EDT May 24, 2011
UPDATED: 7:50 am EDT May 26, 2011
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/28010582/detail.htmlATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Labor is facing accusations of discrimination from a transsexual who said she was fired when she decided to start dressing like a woman.
Georgia is one of 37 states that has no laws protecting transgendered people from discrimination.
The Department of Labor originally said Jennifer Chavez was wrongfully terminated from Credit Nation for a minor offense in the middle of her sex change. But the department then yanked her unemployment benefits and is demanding she repay $5000.
