Event Details
Gender Identity and Expression: Preventing Harassment
Date: | October 10, 2019, 11:45am – 2:00pm |
Organizer: | HRATT |
Location: | Tag's Restaurant, Rte. 352, Big Flats, NY |
Price: | $25 HRATT Members or $30 Non-Members/Guests |
Event Type: | Meeting |
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Gender Identity and Expression:
Harassment Prevention
Presented by: Theresa E. Rusnak, attorney with Bond, Schoeneck and King
This presentation will provide an overview of legal issues surrounding the employment of transgender and non-binary individuals, and will encompass both federal and New York State law. Specifically, we will discuss how transgender and non-binary employees must be treated under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Gender Expression Non-discrimination Act, and the New York Human Rights Law. Topics such as pronoun usage, bathroom access, religious objections and correct terminology will also be addressed.
Theresa Rusnak is a labor and employment law attorney who counsels employers in a widevariety of labor and employment law issues including wage and hour issues, claims of
employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, and retaliation.
RSVP by October 4, 2019 to Megan.Fewkes@emhartglass.com
Approved credits – SHRM & HRCI – 1.5 general