The Department of Labor will soon issue a final rule implementing Executive Order 13672, signed on July 21, 2014, which prohibits employment discrimination against federal employees and contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The executive order amends Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from engaging in discrimination against their employees, by incorporating the phrase: “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity” into various portions of E.O. 11246 where other protected categories are listed.
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