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Title: Calif. instructs employers to allow trans workers bathroom access
Post by: stephaniec on February 18, 2016, 03:34:51 PM
Calif. instructs employers to allow trans workers bathroom access

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/02/18/calif-instructs-employers-to-allow-trans-workers-bathroom-access/

Washington Blade/February 18, 2016 at 8:00 am EST | by Chris Johnson

"The California agency charged with enforcing the state's civil rights law on Wednesday made public new guidance to make clear employers are required to allow trans workers to use restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity. In addition to stipulating employers must let transgender employees have access in correspondence with their gender identity to restroom, shower, locker room and other such facilities, the guidance — published by the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing — suggests providing individual or unisex restrooms to enhance privacy for all employees. "