What It’s Like To Lose Your Job While Pregnant
“People tell their employers they’re pregnant and they’re fired 15 minutes later,” says a professor of work-life law. “It is breathtaking how open it is.”
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Workplace Protections For LGBT Workers Remain Stalled
Neither the Congress nor the White House have taken action on a law to stop anti-LGBT job discrimination or an executive order to ban contractors from doing so. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Jared Polis plan a new push.
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Military Group Picks Trans Woman As Leader
A watershed moment in the LGBT rights movement. “The fight is not over,” says OutServe-SLDN’s new chief, Allyson Robinson.
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Obama Labor Department May Be Ignoring Protections For Transgender Contractors
Although Secretary Solis pushed the question to a subordinate on Thursday, months of questions to the Labor Department have gone unanswered. Despite the silence, Solis told BuzzFeed that they have “been working on this issue for a long time.”
