Gender Transition Policy
(CA)

Summary

This template is a gender transition policy for California 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, drafting notes, and an optional clause. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. This template's language has been customized to comply with California and federal law. As a result, the text of this template differs from the non-jurisdictional Gender Transition Policy. The drafting notes and optional clause address issues under California and federal law. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook supplement for California employers containing customized workplace policies based on California state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Supplement (CA). For information on discrimination laws in California, see the California row of Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation State Practice Notes Chart. For additional templates addressing gender identity and expression, see Gender Transition Plan and Gender-Specific Language Disclaimer / Preferred Name and Pronoun Policy. 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 information on equal employment and non-discrimination issues, see Equal Employment Opportunity / Non-discrimination Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy Drafting Checklist, and 10 Labor and Employment Law § 258.07. 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 a full listing of key content that can be used by in-house counsel to develop, revise, and implement a company's employee and third-party-related policies, see In-House Company Policies Resource Kit.