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Sexual Orientation Included as Civil Rights Protection

by | Mar 22, 2018 | Circuit Court Decisions, Connecticut Law, Discrimination, Employee Handbook, Employment Law, Gender/ Sex, New Jersey Law, New York Law, Title VII

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects sexual orientation, becoming only the second court to do so. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has also delivered the same ruling.  The Second Circuit...