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Gender-Bender Liability: More States, Cities Make It Illegal to Discriminate Based on ‘Gender Identity’

09/01/2007

Don’t fire an employee for cross-dressing or allow co-workers to harass a female worker who acts masculine until you understand your potential liability under the increasing number of “gender-identity discrimination” laws. Such laws typically prevent discrimination against workers or applicants because they don’t conform to the stereotypes of how a man or woman looks, lives or acts ...

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