Gender Transition Policy
(with Acknowledgment) (NJ)

Summary

This template is a gender transition policy for New Jersey employers that confirms an employer's commitment to providing a workplace free from 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 in New Jersey. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as standalone policy. This template's language has been customized to comply with New Jersey and federal law. As a result, the text of this template differs from the non-jurisdictional Gender Transition Policy template. The drafting notes and optional clause address issues under both New Jersey and federal law. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook checklist for New Jersey employers outlining the main issues for private, nonunionized employers to consider when reviewing employee handbooks under New Jersey state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Review Checklist (NJ). For information on discrimination laws in New Jersey, see Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation (NJ). For additional non-jurisdictional 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 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 an annotated workplace policy against discrimination, see Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (with Acknowledgment) and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (with Acknowledgment) (NJ). 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).