lgbtq Tag

23 Jun

Posted at 12:12h in Commercial Insurance, Human Resources, Professional Liability

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County is significant yet simple. “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.” Discrimination on the basis of an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity (transgender status) is now...

03 Dec

Posted at 19:19h in Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Liability

Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, transgender status or sex stereotyping? We don’t know…yet. Three cases currently pending before the United States Supreme Court should give us an answer. Two of these cases involve sexual orientation discrimination. The third...