By Bruce Atkins | Published December 23, 2013 | Posted in Discrimination | Tagged Tags: ENDA, LGBT rights | Comments Off on What Is ENDA, and Where Is It Now?
Federal law shields a wide array of groups from employment discrimination, but members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have received no such protection. In the flurry of news that has been coming out of Congress over the past several months, a landmark piece of legislation has attracted little attention until recently. Read More
Read MoreThe Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides protections for workers who need to take unpaid leave to care for ill or injured family members. The FMLA also guarantees unpaid leave for new parents, including adoptive parents. The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division has ruled that, as of August 2013, people in Read More
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