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Anti-LGBTQ Bias – Not Just for Employment – So Don’t Discriminate in Housing, Health Care, Education, or Accommodations Either Monday, February 22, 2021
Bostock” case) that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects
employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status, many predicted the ruling would extend to other anti-discrimination laws in areas such as housing, health care, education, and public accommodations. Those predictions are becoming reality. Your business should already have in place anti-discrimination policies, training, and practices for employees. As discussed below, depending on what type of business you have, you need to also consider anti-discrimination policies and practices for other areas – such as for tenants or homebuyers, patients, students, consumers, and others who use your business’s services.
Biden calls for LGBTQ protections in day-one executive order, angering conservatives
Samantha Schmidt, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON - On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order making clear that gay and transgender people are protected against discrimination in the workplace, schools, health care, and other realms of American life.
The executive order outlines a broad interpretation of last year s landmark Supreme Court ruling that gay and transgender employees are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination because of sex.
The Trump administration had interpreted that decision in Bostock v. Clayton County narrowly and only applying to employment.
Michael Urban: Can my employer force me to disclose my vaccination status?
Michael Urban
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1of3A nurse delivers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of a patient at the new vaccination clinic set up in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021.Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Michael Urban, a senior lecturer and director of the University of New Haven’s Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program.Contributed /Show MoreShow Less
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As states roll out their plans of when to vaccinate people, some questions often come up such as, can my employer require me to be vaccinated in order to work? Who do I have to tell my co-workers, local businesses? Will this be an annual event such as the flu vaccine is?
incident, of course, there s other allegations, and die, we deserve better. she deserved better. her family deserves better. this has to be an investigation going forward and it has to be a very thorough investigation. we can obviously see the community rallying to find the answers and the i m saddened by this. we will be talking to the fbi, by the way. so great to see you in person. thank you. so the question is anti-gay a form of discrimination based on sex? equal opportunity thinks so. the agency that enforces the laws concluded that title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 forbids prenlgds in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation. an attorney and an lgbt activist joins me now. the commission s decision is not binding but it could influence federal court rulings.