Saks Fifth Avenue and transgender rights / Timothy Fedderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fedderson, Timothy, author.

Series:

SAGE Business Cases.

SAGE Business Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in the workplace--Case studies.

Gender identity in the workplace.

Harassment--Case studies.

Harassment.

Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.)--Case studies.

Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Kellogg School of Management, 2018.

Summary:

In September 2014 Leyth Jamal, a transgender woman, filed suit against her employer, luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue. Jamal alleged that she experienced harassment from managers and other employees because of her gender identity while employed by Saks, including verbal abuse and threats of violence. At the time she filed suit, no federal, state, or local laws protected transgender employees from discrimination. However, some federal district courts had recently begun to allow such suits on the premise that discrimination based on gender identity was a form of sex discrimination. Other suits and amicus briefs brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) furthered this trend. The EEOC is the federal agency charged with investigating and supporting claims of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, so district and appellate courts watched the EEOC's position on the application of Title VII. Socio-culturally, many Americans supported transgender rights, even as they voiced anxiety about transgender men in women's bathrooms.

Notes:

Originally Published InFedderson, T. (2018). Saks Fifth Avenue and Transgender Rights. 5-416-751. Evanston, IL: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

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ISBN:

1-5297-0548-7

9781529705485

OCLC:

1141290690