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    WEBINAR: New NYS Regulations Affecting Transgender Legal Issues for Employers and Businesses

    Date: February 16, 2016, 10:00am – 11:00am
    Organizer:
    Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
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    Price:
    Free
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    On January 20, 2016, the New York State Division of Human Rights adopted regulations that includes discrimination based upon gender identity or transgendered status within the definition of sex discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. Additionally, the EEOC  Strategic Enforcement Plan lists discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals as an enforcement priority. Although many employers may not have encountered transgendered employees in the past, studies report that as much as 5% of the population is transgendered, and the percentage could be higher. Now that transgendered individuals have protected status under the law, they may feel more comfortable revealing their status to employers. Employers and businesses need to know their obligations under the law.

    • Learn legal requirements and best practices for accommodating transgendered employees
    • Learn how to address issues related to public accommodations for transgendered customers
    • Learn how to traverse conflicts that may arise when addressing these issues

    Please join us for this complimentary webinar.

    Click here to register!

    Speakers :

    Bethany A. Centrone
    Bethany concentrates her practice in school law and labor and employment law. Prior to joining Bond, she served as chief of human capital initiatives for the Rochester City School District and chief labor negotiator, where she lead over 120 employees in areas of human resources, employee benefits, risk management, labor relations and professional learning

    James Holahan
    James is a labor and employment law attorney. His clients span the full gamut of private and public sector employers: from a multi-national automotive manufacturer to a small municipality with multiple collective bargaining units and from a large and organizationally complex not-for-profit agency to a cluster of family-owned proprietary nursing homes.