The Florida Competitive Workforce Act adds "sexual orientation and gender identity and expression" to Florida's civil rights law that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations.

 
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Even as cities and companies across our state adopt policies banning anti-gay and gender identity-based discrimination, Florida law fails to provide statewide protection to LGBT Floridians against workplace discrimination.

A new bill called the Florida Competitive Workforce Act would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination at work, in public accommodations and in housing.

The Florida Competitive Workforce Act would simply add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity and expression" to Florida's civil rights law that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations.

Take a stand today. Sign on to this letter of support as an individual, organization and/or company and spread the word.



End Anti-LGBT Discrimination in the Workplace
Endorse the Florida Competitive Workforce Act

I/we would like to sign on in support of passing legislation that adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to Chapter 760 of the Florida state statues. We recognize in order to have a state with a thriving and diverse workforce, all of our citizens must be treated with fairness.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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Major employers are already standing up to support pro-equality legislation because they understand that employees work best when they are judged based on merit, not prejudice.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, the state's largest insurer with over 7.7 million customers and 6,000 employees across the state, stands out as a leader.

"I am proud to say that we implemented policies to protect our employees from gender identity and expression discrimination in the workplace two years ago.

We believe that this is a good business practice. We have observed that an employee who feels safe, respected, and valued on his or her own merits and abilities without the fear of discrimination, is an empowered employee. And an empowered employee will tend to demonstrate greater degrees of innovation, perform better, and show greater willingness to lead than an employee who may be faced with the ongoing threat of workplace discrimination."

- Nick Kouris, BCBSFL Senior Business Development Manager, testifying in support of adding "gender identity" to Tampa's nondiscrimination policy.