Event Details
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 |
Location: | Webinar |
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.
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.