New Sexual Harassment Laws: What New York Employers Need To Know
Last year, as the #MeToo movement rocked our nation, New York took the lead in passing new laws to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. Some of the new laws went into effect this month. Here is what all New York employers and employees should know: As of October 9, 2018, all employers in New York State –regardless of size—are required to implement an anti-sexual harassment policy and train all employees on sexual harassment recognition and response. The sexual harassmen
Rights of Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals #WontBeErased
Activists, allies, and members of the LGBTQ community mobilized a fast and fierce campaign on Sunday in response to an unreleased Trump administration memo that proposes “narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth.” An enormous presence gathered in New York City’s Washington Square Park to reaffirm that transgender and gender non-conforming people cannot and will not be expunged from society. Continued protests are being hel
LGBTQ Rights at Stake Before the Supreme Court: Cert Petitions to Watch
The Supreme Court has begun its new term, and the Gender Equality Law Center is closely watching several petitions that would give the Court the opportunity to rule upon critical LGBTQ workplace protections. Most notably, several petitions would ask the Court to determine whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on sex and other protected characteristics, necessarily encompasses and proscribes sexual orientation and/or
