Last week, the National LGBTQ Task Force and the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights issued a new report entitled Valuing Transgender Applicants & Employees: A Best Practices Guide for Employers. This follows the EEOC's recent guidance on transgender employees' bathroom use and discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation.
Discrimination
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A federal judge in St. Louis granted judgment for the EEOC in a disability discrimination and GINA case. The employer had required that all applicants fill out a health history form before they were considered for a position.
Technology
In other developments:
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Minnesota’s Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act can reach employers outside of Minnesota when the testing occurred there.