by Anna Castro | Mar 13, 2019 | Employment, Featured, Legal, Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, a memo from the Department of Defense leaked outlining a plan to implement the military’s employment ban on transgender people starting April 12th. If implemented, the order could potentially be the largest layoff of transgender people...
by admin | Oct 5, 2017 | Employment, Featured, Federal, Press Releases
Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo stating that the Department of Justice will reverse itself and, in contradiction to established law, no longer interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as protecting transgender worker from discrimination....
by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Employment, Featured
In the first government-run test measuring employment discrimination against transgender people, the Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed what so many transgender people already know too well: our communities face high rates of discrimination in applying...
by admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Employment, Featured, Housing, Press Releases, Public Accommodations
Today, Governor Cuomo is expected to announce that New York will issue statewide regulations to protect people based on gender identity, transgender status, and gender dysphoria. The regulations are comprehensive and will apply statewide to employers and providers of...
by admin | Jun 2, 2015 | Employment, Featured, Federal, Uncategorized
Yesterday, the Department of Labor’s Occupational and Health Administration (OSHA) released a best practices guide for employers regarding restroom access for transgender workers. The guide recommends that all employees should be permitted to use facilities that...
by admin | May 8, 2015 | California, Employment, Featured, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, Transgender Law Center, Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP, and the Law Offices of G. Samuel Cleaver filed suit against Barnes & Noble, Inc. for its discriminatory treatment of a transgender employee, Victoria Ramirez. When Ms. Ramirez, who worked for...
