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Nonbinary people often experience significant discrimination and erasure in the workplace and while job-hunting. The majority of nonbinary employees remain closeted at their work.[1]
It is recommended that employers take actions to show nonbinary inclusivity, such as:
- editing documentation to utilize gender neutral language and singular they rather than using phrases like "his/her paycheck".[2][3]
- updating forms and software to allow more gender options than male and female (keeping in mind that "transgender" is not a gender on its own), and consider allowing free-text answers and/or "prefer not to say".[3]
- offering gender-neutral honorifics such as Mx.[3]
- allowing employees to list their pronouns on email signatures/name tags/etc.
- revising dress codes to eliminate gender-related restrictions, and "[r]eplace them with simplified instructions guided by principles of general professionalism."[3]
- revising anti-discrimination/anti-harassment policies to include nonbinary gender as a protected characteristic.[3]
- providing one or more gender-neutral bathrooms.[3]
- when appropriate (i.e. when it will not "single out" a trans/nonbinary employee), have people introduce themselves with their name and pronoun.[4]
Some employers in the USA have to file a yearly Equal Employment Opportunity report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As of 2019, although the EEO reporting forms still only have Male/Female as gender options, it is suggested that information on nonbinary employees be reported in the comment box as "Additional Employee Data".[5][6]
References
- ↑ Out & Equal (2018). "BEST PRACTICES FOR NON-BINARY INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE" (PDF). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ Hendrick; et al. (1 January 2018). ""M," "F," Or "X"? Nonbinary Gender Designations In The Workplace". Fisher Phillips. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Explicit use of et al. in:
|author=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "An Update On Nonbinary Gender Designations In The Workplace". Fisher Phillips. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ GLAAD (11 June 2019). "The Right Way to Use Gender Pronouns at Work". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ "How To Complete EEO-1 Report With Non-Binary Employees". Fisher Phillips. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ "EEOC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
