Today the Human Rights Campaign Foundation released a new guide to provide human resource and other employment professionals with best practices for advancing transgender workplace inclusion. "Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace" covers topics such as appropriate terminology with which to discuss gender identity and expression, the creation of policies that protect transgender workers from discrimination, and the expansion of diversity programs to include gender identity and expression.
Because there are currently no federal laws in place to protect transgender workers from employment discrimination, much of the leadership on transgender inclusion in the workplace has come from individual businesses and corporate America. "Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace" recommends steps that employers can take to facilitate peaceful, safe, and healthy gender transitions for employees. These include the adoption of inclusive non-discrimination policies; removal of discriminatory health insurance exclusions; development of dress codes that avoid gender stereotypes and can be enforced consistently; the protection of employee privacy; and the incorporation of gender identity and gender expression into diversity training programs.
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