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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.<ref name="OutEqual">{{Cite web |title=BEST PRACTICES FOR NON-BINARY INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE. |author=Out & Equal |date=2018 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://outandequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/OE-Non-Binary-Best-Practices.pdf}}</ref> Some research has shown "that being out as a nonbinary transgender person has different effects [...] based on [[sex assigned at birth]], with those assigned male at birth tending to be discriminated against in hiring but those assigned female at birth more likely to experience differential treatment once hired."<ref>{{cite journal|date=2016|last=Davidson|first=Skylar|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2016.1236511|title=Gender inequality: Nonbinary transgender people in the workplace|journal=Cogent Social Sciences|volume=2|issue=1}}</ref> | 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.<ref name="OutEqual">{{Cite web |title=BEST PRACTICES FOR NON-BINARY INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE. |author=Out & Equal |date=2018 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://outandequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/OE-Non-Binary-Best-Practices.pdf}}</ref> Some research has shown "that being out as a nonbinary transgender person has different effects [...] based on [[sex assigned at birth]], with those assigned male at birth tending to be discriminated against in hiring but those assigned female at birth more likely to experience differential treatment once hired."<ref>{{cite journal|date=2016|last=Davidson|first=Skylar|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2016.1236511|title=Gender inequality: Nonbinary transgender people in the workplace|journal=Cogent Social Sciences|volume=2|issue=1}}</ref> | ||
Some jurisdictions, such as the state of California, have laws explicitly protecting nonbinary people from discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere.<ref name="Smith2018" /> | |||
==Tips for employers== | |||
It is recommended that employers take actions to show nonbinary inclusivity, such as: | It is recommended that employers take actions to show nonbinary inclusivity, such as: | ||
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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".<ref name="FP2019">{{Cite web |title=How To Complete EEO-1 Report With Non-Binary Employees |author= |work=Fisher Phillips |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-how-to-complete-eeo-1-report-with}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=EEOC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218123524/https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/Faq|url=https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/Faq|archive-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> | 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".<ref name="FP2019">{{Cite web |title=How To Complete EEO-1 Report With Non-Binary Employees |author= |work=Fisher Phillips |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-how-to-complete-eeo-1-report-with}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=EEOC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218123524/https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/Faq|url=https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/Faq|archive-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> | ||
==Tips for employees/job seekers== | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||