U.S. Supreme Court to Review Bias Lawsuits by Gay, Transgender Workers
- Cases could affect thousands of public and private workplaces
- Courts across U.S. are divided on Title VII job-bias law
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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating against gay and transgender people, accepting cases that could let the court’s new conservative majority put its imprint on the American workplace.
The justices will hear three cases, including an appeal from a man who says a Georgia county fired him because he is gay and another from a now-defunct skydiving company accused of firing an instructor because of his sexual orientation.