Recent changes to Iowa law in the past two years have left many workers with serious questions about workplace protections for gender identity. If you are trying to make sense of what those changes mean, you are not alone. Here is a clear breakdown of where things...
Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
U.S. Supreme Court Says Title VII Protects LGBT Workers
In 2007, the Iowa Civil Rights Act (Iowa Code Chapter 216) was expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in our state’s civil rights laws. This made it illegal to discriminate against a person because of his/her actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Now, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
Complaint alleges gender bias against University of Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Qualified male candidates were repeatedly passed over for an assistant job in the University of Iowa track program after the athletic department quietly mandated that a woman be hired, a discrimination complaint alleges. Track and field director Larry Wieczorek joked during the hiring process that then-assistant Mike Scott should consider having a sex change operation…