All posts tagged "contractors"
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U.S. House blocks vote on LGBT nondiscrimination amendment
The U.S. House Committee on Rules has once again put the brakes on allowing a pro-LGBT amendment to be voted upon and attached to a...
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House passes defense bill with anti-LGBT provision intact
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will potentially allow employment discrimination against LGBT people by federal contractors....
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
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Louisiana Gov.-elect Edwards to sign nondiscrimination order
Louisiana’s incoming governor John Bel Edwards (D) will issue an executive order protecting LGBT individuals who are state employees or government contractors from employment discrimination...
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Gay CIA contractor details anti-gay harassment to ABC News
Openly gay former Navy SEAL says fellow contractors targeted him while stationed in Afghanistan
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LGBT Discrimination by Government Contractors Defeated
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee on Jan. 29 rejected a bill, proposed by Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas Park, Sudley, Bull Run), that would have allowed...
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ExxonMobil prohibits LGBT workplace discrimination
ExxonMobil has adopted LGBT workplace protections
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Rule banning federal contractors from LGBT discrimination released
A final rule prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination was announced Wednesday by the Labor Department. The rule implements Executive Order 13672, signed by...
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Labor Department protects transgender employees of federal contractors
The Labor Department issued guidance Tuesday clarifying that discrimination against the employees of federal contractors on the basis of transgender status is considered discrimination based...
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Obama set to sign LGBT nondiscrimination executive order
President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination as well as prohibiting discrimination against transgender federal employees.
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Obama urged to exclude religious exemption from LGBT nondiscrimination order
The White House is facing a barrage of requests not to include a religious exemption in an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from...
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Study finds signs of LGBT discrimination among federal contractors
LGBT workers seeking employment with federal contractors are more than 20 percent less likely to be called back for interviews than less qualified straight applicants,...
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A year later, few details on White House study on anti-LGBT discrimination
It was more than a year ago, in April 2012, that leaders from some of the nation’s largest LGBT-rights organizations sat down for a meeting...
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ENDA and executive order unmentioned in Senate Dems’ meeting with Obama
President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats met behind closed doors on Capitol Hill today to discuss a list of legislative priorities ranging from the budget...
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54 groups urge Obama to sign federal contractor executive order
More than 50 progressive organizations called on President Barack Obama to sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discrimination on the basis of sexual...
