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| Region | Kansas |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Oct 5, 2017 |
| End Date | Jun 15, 2020 |
| Description | In 2018, the new Democratic Governor, Laura Kelly, reinstated the 2007 executive order prohibiting discrimination by the state government in areas of employment. No other statewide protections exist. President Trump's Department of Justice and the EEOC revoked protections for gender identity in employment discrimination. |
| Sources | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/05/us-justice-department-reverses-position-transgender-discrimination https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article224559230.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121438/https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/article224563225.html |
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edited by jadeywadey. improved sources and desc
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| Description | President Trump's Department of Justice and the EEOC revoked protections for gender identity in employment discrimination; no statewide protections exist. | In 2018, the new Democratic Governor, Laura Kelly, reinstated the 2007 executive order prohibiting discrimination by the state government in areas of employment. No other statewide protections exist. President Trump's Department of Justice and the EEOC revoked protections for gender identity in employment discrimination. |
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| Sources | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/05/us-justice-department-reverses-position-transgender-discrimination | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/05/us-justice-department-reverses-position-transgender-discrimination https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article224559230.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121438/https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/article224563225.html |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Oct 5, 2017 |
edited by jadeywadey. improved sources and desc
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation only |
| Description | There are no legal protections from employment discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identification. However, state public employees are protected based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification. | President Trump's Department of Justice and the EEOC revoked protections for gender identity in employment discrimination; no statewide protections exist. |
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| Sources | http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/statewide_employment_10-2014.pdf | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/05/us-justice-department-reverses-position-transgender-discrimination |
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| End Date | (none) | Jun 15, 2020 |
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| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There are no legal protections from employment discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identification. However, state public employees are protected based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification. |
| Sources | http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/statewide_employment_10-2014.pdf |
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