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Title: Top 10 Actions That May Constitute Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
Post by: Shana A on September 02, 2013, 09:40:17 PM
Post by: Shana A on September 02, 2013, 09:40:17 PM
Top 10 Actions That May Constitute Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959 (http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959)
Terminating or failing to hire someone because they are transgender.
Limiting a transgender employee's interaction with customers because they might not be "comfortable" with the person's gender expression.
Prohibiting a transgender employee from dressing or appearing in accordance with their gender identity.
Common variant: Applying a dress code more strictly for a transgender woman than for other women.
Denying a transgender woman access to the women's restroom, or denying a transgender man access to the men's restroom.
Common variant: Requiring a transgender employee to use a gender-neutral restroom.
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959 (http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959)
Terminating or failing to hire someone because they are transgender.
Limiting a transgender employee's interaction with customers because they might not be "comfortable" with the person's gender expression.
Prohibiting a transgender employee from dressing or appearing in accordance with their gender identity.
Common variant: Applying a dress code more strictly for a transgender woman than for other women.
Denying a transgender woman access to the women's restroom, or denying a transgender man access to the men's restroom.
Common variant: Requiring a transgender employee to use a gender-neutral restroom.
Title: Re: Top 10 Actions That May Constitute Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
Post by: Danielle Emmalee on September 02, 2013, 10:03:21 PM
Post by: Danielle Emmalee on September 02, 2013, 10:03:21 PM
Quote from: Shana A on September 02, 2013, 09:40:17 PM
Top 10 Actions That May Constitute Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959 (http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8959)
Terminating or failing to hire someone because they are transgender.
Limiting a transgender employee's interaction with customers because they might not be "comfortable" with the person's gender expression.
Prohibiting a transgender employee from dressing or appearing in accordance with their gender identity.
Common variant: Applying a dress code more strictly for a transgender woman than for other women.
Denying a transgender woman access to the women's restroom, or denying a transgender man access to the men's restroom.
Common variant: Requiring a transgender employee to use a gender-neutral restroom.
In my opinion these rules aren't helping except to bring more publicity to trans issues (which is good in itself, don't get me wrong). What it will most likely do is just cause companies likely to discriminate in the first place to break the second part of the first point (not hiring someone) which is very easy to do without it seeming like being transgender was the issue, just to avoid having to deal with a "problem". As for current employees, I'm not sure how things work in other parts of the world but practically speaking, where I am living, you can end the employment of any person for any reason even if its just that you don't like the guy's nose and it doesn't matter how long they've worked for you. You just can't make it official that discrimination was the reason for ending employment and its very easy to do that. I suppose if the laws for ending employment in the US are different this could make some difference.