60 businesses, including numerous Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity and 25 Noteworthy Companies, have publicly endorsed the Equality Act of 2015, a bill that would put an end to workplace discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity which is still currently legal in most states.
According to the bill’s text, theEquality Actwould “[amend] the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation.” “Sex” refers to “a sex stereotype, sexual orientation or gender identity, and pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition.”
The Equality Act was introduced in July 2015 by Reps. David Cicilline (D-RI) and John Lewis (D-GA) and Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ).
