In a move that has New York sexual harassment lawyers taking notice, The Michigan Competitive Workforce Coalition is aggressively lobbying to add LGBT discrimination to the state\u2019s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Backed by major companies like Whirlpool, Dow Chemical, Google and Blue Cross Blue Shield, a newly formed coalition is working tirelessly move Michigan out of the list of 29 states in the country that do not currently include sexual orientation and gender identification in their anti-discrimination laws.
\nCurrently, the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act outlaws discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight or marital status. Thirty-three state municipalities have taken it upon themselves to enact local laws banning LGBT discrimination. Michigan\u2019s heavy hitters in competitive industries are looking to take this to the state level and outlaw LGBT discrimination for good.<\/p>\n
Vicki Levengood, the spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, summed the issue up in a statement of support. \u201cI\u2019m frequently surprised how many people don\u2019t know Michigan doesn\u2019t already outlaw discrimination against the LGBT community.\u201d Furthermore, Levengood goes on to spotlight the economic advantages to protecting this community by saying that \u201cthere are real economic implications to either including or not including LGBT protections<\/a> in Michigan\u2019s civil rights law. The impacts are more than just to an individual. It impacts Michigan\u2019s economic climate and viability.\u201d<\/p>\n Not surprisingly, conservatives and faith-based camps are strongly opposing these measures by arguing that sexual orientation and race are simply not equal in their need for protection. The Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC handles a multitude of cases that involve sexual harassment in New York City. For further information, please feel free to call us at 212-587-0760 for a free consultation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a move that has New York sexual harassment lawyers taking notice, The Michigan Competitive Workforce Coalition is aggressively lobbying to add LGBT discrimination to the state\u2019s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Backed by major companies like Whirlpool, Dow Chemical, Google and Blue Cross Blue Shield, a newly formed coalition is working tirelessly move Michigan out … Continue reading “Michigan Companies Seeking To Ban LGBT Discrimination”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,9,11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer","category-sexual-harassment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn NYC, workplace discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation is already illegal<\/a>. An attorney can help you file a claim if you have been harassed for being gay, lesbian, transgender, queer or bisexual.
\nThe Michigan issue will hopefully be resolved within the year.<\/p>\n