What are the benefits of ENDA? Who does ENDA apply to? Are there exceptions? How will ENDA be enforced? What is the current status of ENDA? ENDA will decrease discrimination against transgender workers Data gathered shows that transgender individuals are the victims rather than perpetrators of sexual violence, physical violence, and other forms of discrimination.
ENDA allows offices to set work-appropriate dress codes Nothing will prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to wear a certain type of dress not prohibited by other Federal, State, or local laws. Employment discrimination is an important issue affecting thousands of people in America Despite the fact that workplace culture has come a long way, there is still discrimination in the workplace.
Share this Page. I urge the House Republican leadership to bring this bill to the floor for a vote and send it to my desk so I can sign it into law. The bill would provide the same protections for LGBT workers as are already guaranteed on the basis of race, gender and religion. It would not be lawful for employers to discriminate based on a person's "actual or perceived" sexual orientation or gender identity. Illinois legislature OKs same-sex marriage.
ENDA's path began in earnest in , the first time it was introduced in Congress. Two years later, a version that only protected sexual orientation - and not gender identity - nearly passed the Senate but failed by one vote. The issue was not brought up again for a vote until when the House passed the narrower version. In , an ailing Sen. No federal law currently exists to prohibit employers from discriminating against LGBT people. Unfortunately, 9 out of 10 voters mistakenly believe LGBT workers already have federal protections against employment discrimination.
A majority of states similarly do not offer employment protections to the LGBT workforce. Only 21 states and the District of Columbia prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; 16 and the District of Columbia do so on the basis of gender identity. If passed and signed into law, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would protect private and public employees from employment discrimination on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation and gender identity.
ENDA is similar to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of , which already protects workers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, as well as to the Americans with Disabilities Act of , which protects against employment discrimination based on disability status.
A Center for American Progress poll reveals that many small businesses already have policies in place that prohibit discrimination against LGBT employees. Seven out of 10 small businesses prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and 6 out of 10 small businesses already prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity. In fact, most research indicates that nondiscrimination policies are a net positive for large and small businesses.
In a Center for American Progress poll, nearly three-fourths—73 percent—of the American public supports protecting LGBT people from workplace discrimination. This support cuts across political party affiliation, with 81 percent of Democrats, 74 percent of independents, and 66 percent of Republicans supporting workplace nondiscrimination laws for LGBT people. Looking at key demographic groups, Catholics and seniors solidly favor employment protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity with 74 percent support and 61 percent support, respectively.
Even among people who identify themselves as feeling generally unfavorable toward gay people, a full 50 percent support workplace nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT population. The small business community also strongly supports enacting ENDA: 63 percent of small-business owners have voiced their support for the bill.
Section 6 of ENDA provides religious organizations, which are broadly defined, with a substantial exemption that allows them to continue to take sexual orientation and gender identity into account when making employment decisions.
Given this, claims that ENDA harms religious liberty are misplaced. This measure expands the classes protected from employment discrimination to include those with unconventional gender identities. This federal law would provide broad national protections for LGBT employees in states where they do not currently receive protection. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a city law called the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance provides similar protections. However, Pennsylvania as a whole lacks a state law against such discrimination.
ENDA could provide that protection on a federal level, opening up the possibility of legal action against employers in Pennsylvania who discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. EDNA appears to have crucial republican support in the Senate, more support than was anticipated.
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