Document Type
Essay
Publication Title
Emory Int'l L. Rev. Recent Dev.
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
The United States (U.S.) has codified protections against discrimination within the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. But, as history has proven, this is not enough. In the U.S., employment-related discrimination is one of the most commonly reported forms of discrimination across all ethnic groups. As a result, in recent years, minority groups have faced real consequences. This trend in the workplace extends across many countries. This Comment provides a comparative analysis of federal workplace discrimination protections for LGBT individuals across nations similar to the U.S. The focus will be on the U.S., the United Kingdom (U.K.), and Canada—all English-speaking, common law countries with historical ties to Great Britain. Learning from this comparison, this Comment argues that the U.S. should adopt protections by judicial interpretations of existing statutes (“litigation prong”) and further by legislative ratification (“legislative prong”).
Volume
34
First Page
2011
Recommended Citation
Clinton Ford,
Coming Out & Catching Up: An International Review of Workplace Protections for the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Communities,
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Emory Int'l L. Rev. Recent Dev.
2011
(2020).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr-recent-developments/3