{"id":22581,"date":"2014-12-18T19:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=22581"},"modified":"2014-12-18T19:26:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:26:42","slug":"obama-administration-announces-new-protections-for-transgender-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/obama-administration-announces-new-protections-for-transgender-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration Announces New Protections for Transgender Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"postContent\" class=\"postContent\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Justice Department is now interpreting federal law to explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender people, according to a memo released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder.<\/p>\n<p>That means the Justice Department will be able to bring legal claims on behalf of people who say they\u2019ve been discriminated against by state and local public employers based on sex identity. In defending lawsuits, the federal government also will no longer take the position that Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act, which bans sex discrimination, does not protect against workplace discrimination on the basis of gender status.<\/p>\n<p>The memo released Thursday is part of a broader Obama administration effort to afford workplace protection for transgender employees. In July, President Barack Obama ordered employment protection for gay and transgender employees who work for the U.S. government or for companies holding federal contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The new position is a reversal in position for the Justice Department, which in 2006 stated that Title VII did not cover discrimination based on transgender status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government\u2019s approach to this issue has also evolved over time,\u201d Holder wrote in the memo, saying his position was based on the \u201cmost straightforward reading\u201d of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The memo covers all components of the Justice Department as well as all U.S. Attorneys\u2019 offices. The Justice Department does not have authority to sue private employers, and the new memo does not affect that.<\/p>\n<p>Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, welcomed Holder\u2019s memo but said that rather than break new ground, it mainly affirms a position the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been taking since 2012. Keisling said it is also consistent with how the Education Department has applied Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, to discrimination complaints brought by transgender students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just another message to employers, whether they are public employers or private employers, that it is illegal in every state in this country to discriminate against transgender people in employment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Justice Department is now interpreting federal law to explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender people, according to a memo released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder. 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