Gender Transition Policy

Summary

This template is a Gender Transition in the Workplace Policy that confirms an employer's commitment to providing a workplace free of discrimination on the basis of an employee's gender identity or transgender status and encourages transitioning employees to come forward to facilitate the employee's transition in the workplace. This template includes practical guidance and drafting notes. For additional templates addressing gender identity and expression, see Gender Transition Plan and Gender-Specific Language Disclaimer / Preferred Name and Pronoun Policy. For state-specific gender transition policies, see Gender Transition Policy (CA), Gender Transition Policy (with Acknowledgment) (FL), Gender Transition Policy (with Acknowledgment) (NJ), Gender Transition Policy (NY), Gender Transition Policy (with Acknowledgment) (PA), and Gender Transition Policy (with Acknowledgment) (TX). For additional detailed information and guidance on a wide variety of LGBTQ employment issues, including LGBTQ employment litigation and compliance, see the LGBTQ Employment Law Practice Guide. For information about employment law compliance issues related to the LGBTQ community, see LGBTQ Employment Law Compliance. For guidance on the rights of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming employees in California, see Transgender Employee Rights in the Workplace (CA). For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For more information about Title VII and employment discrimination, see Title VII Compliance Issues, Disparate Treatment: Key Considerations, and Defenses to EEO Claims: Key Considerations. For information about state laws against employment discrimination, see Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation State Practice Notes Chart. For an annotated workplace policy against discrimination, see Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (with Acknowledgment). For tracking of recent case law affecting gender transition in the workplace and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current). For video guidance on transgender employee compliance, see Transgender Employee Compliance in the Workplace: Key Employer Steps Video.