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News and Events => Political and Legal News => Topic started by: DriftingCrow on December 07, 2013, 09:19:33 AM

Title: Federal Official Refuses To Say Whether Office Is Protecting Trans Workers
Post by: DriftingCrow on December 07, 2013, 09:19:33 AM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/feds-refuses-to-say-whether-office-is-protecting-trans
Author: Chris Geidner Source: BuzzFeed

An April 2012 decision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides protection against anti-transgender employment discrimination, but officials within the Labor Department refuse to say whether they are applying that decision to employees of federal contractors.

One advocate who has been pushing for the Labor Department to explain its enforcement policy after Macy is Freedom to Work founder Tico Almeida, who said today that OFCCP's actions don't suggest any public efforts are being made to protect trans workers