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Title: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Claim under Florida Employment Law
Post by: Butterfly on December 22, 2009, 06:32:40 AM
Post by: Butterfly on December 22, 2009, 06:32:40 AM
Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Claim under Florida Employment Law
LAS Newswire
December 21, 2009
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13295/florida-employment-labor-law-4.html (http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13295/florida-employment-labor-law-4.html)
Orlando, FL: A transgender teen applying for a job at a McDonalds in Orlando has lodged a formal complaint against the fast food chain claiming the restaurant violated Florida employment law by refusing to hire the plaintiff over gender issues.
LAS Newswire
December 21, 2009
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13295/florida-employment-labor-law-4.html (http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13295/florida-employment-labor-law-4.html)
Orlando, FL: A transgender teen applying for a job at a McDonalds in Orlando has lodged a formal complaint against the fast food chain claiming the restaurant violated Florida employment law by refusing to hire the plaintiff over gender issues.
Title: Re: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Claim under Florida Employment Law
Post by: Allamakee on December 22, 2009, 07:37:26 AM
Post by: Allamakee on December 22, 2009, 07:37:26 AM
From TLDEF's press release:
QuoteIn Florida, while no law explicitly addresses discrimination based on gender identity, administrative agencies in Florida have ruled that transgender people are protected by the Florida Civil Rights Act's prohibitions on sex and disability discrimination.http://www.transgenderlegal.org/press_show.php?id=304 (http://www.transgenderlegal.org/press_show.php?id=304)