SINCE 2015, same-sex couples have had a constitutional right to marry—yet Americans still enjoy no federal protection from workplace discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or transgender identity. In some two dozen states that do not have their own civil-rights umbrella for LGBT people, a gay employee can return to the office from his honeymoon and be fired.
In recent years, a push for greater equality has had some success at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in several federal appeals courts which have pointed to protection against employment discrimination for LGBT in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and other courts are sticking to less expansive readings of that law. After months of discussion in private conference, on April 22nd the Supreme Court agreed to resolve the split.
Mr Bostock’s claim, finding it foreclosed by a 1979 precedent which concluded that “[d]ischarge for homosexuality is not prohibited by Title VII”.the third case, poses two slightly different questions about a transgender woman, Aimee Stephens, who lost her job at a funeral home when she told her boss she would no longer dress or present herself as Anthony. The Supreme Court will ask whether dismissing employees based on their “status as transgender” violates Title VII.
There’s no protection in America
There’s also no federal protection from workplace discrimination on the basis of political opinions. Should we pass laws about every possible scenario?
Why they need protection? They are superior than anyone else in the world as the general public if say anything they dislike would be branded as LGBTI hater, and then would be prosecuted.
HA! Should there be? Any employer who gets the slightest whiff of workplace discrimination and they throw in the towel. The accused is guilty. The accused is shamed, demoted or reassigned without question. That's more effective than a federal law. Write about that!
I don't think we need laws for that. There is all kind of people working everywhere, maybe there is one stupid homofobic boss or racist but most of people just want the work done and nobody cares if its black white male or female
alllibertynews Sexuality issues are a private matter and have no business in the work place,
Because... not the sexual orientation or funny identity is the reason to count the employees for good or bad. But their professional skills and competences. It's simple! All the other is from sick ambitions and unhealthy egoism.
Our country is regressing. We need The law!
To be honest there’s some jobs gay people really shouldn’t have. Wouldn’t want one teaching my child in school for sure
🙄🙄🙄🙄 slow news day? Let me find something to be offended about
Time to get such federal protection.
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