Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation

November 19, 2009

Transgender-Inclusive Legislation Filed by Freshman Senator Is the First in Senate History

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
H.R. 3017, S. 1584, 8/5/2009

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has introduced a bill to protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination. The filing of this bill marks the first time that a transgender-inclusive legislation is introduced in the Upper House of Congress, and continues a cause long championed by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (“ENDA”) would address discrimination in the workplace by making it illegal to fire, refuse to hire or refuse to promote an employee based on the person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.  A similar transgender-inclusive ENDA (H.R. 3017) was also introduced in the U.S.…

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Ontario Police Department

City of Ontario

Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc.

B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc.

Advanced Solutions, Inc.

The Work Connection

Cardone Industries, Inc.

Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc.

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

BVP, LLC d.b.a. Big Vanilla Pasadena

Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc.

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United Airlines, Inc.

City of Chicago

Equal Employment Opportunity

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company

National Labor Relations Board

Scolari's Warehouse Markets, Inc. d.b.a. Scolari's Food and Drug

Rent-A-Center West, Inc.

EGL, Inc.

Eagle Freight Systems, Inc.

Industrial Division of the Communications Workers of America

Visteon Corp.

ConocoPhillips

Google, Inc.

U.S. Airways, Inc.

AT&T Corp.

Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C.

FBL Financial Group, Inc.

Granite Rock Company

International Game Tchnology

International Brotherhood of Teamsters