Amazon permitted the harassment of a transgender female employee and her husband, who both worked at a shipping facility in Kentucky, a federal lawsuit filed Aug. 9 alleges (Schawe-Lane v. Amazon.com.KYDC LLC, E.D. Ky., No. 17-00134, complaint filed 8/9/17).
In addition to bringing sex discrimination claims under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the complaint includes some uncommon transgender association discrimination claims, disability bias claims, and corresponding state law claims.
Allegra Schawe-Lane and Dane Lane say they were subjected to a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act after ...
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