Sexual Orientation In The Workplace

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Sexual Orientation In The Workplace

Sexual Orientation in the Work Place
“Discrimination against employees who are or who are just perceived to be gay is legal in most workplaces (Button, Rienzo, & Wald, 1997; van der Meide, 2000) .” (Ragins and Cornwell, 2001). As of “…2005 a record 92% of the country’s Fortune 500 companies include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policies, according to a new study.” (Gramham, 2005) AT&T was the first major company to protect its gay employees in 1975. “The legal status of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people (collectively referred to herein as sexual minorities) in the American workplaces has undergone a partial revolution over the past half...

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