Historic day for LGBT employees' workplace rights

Today is an historic day for LGBT workers, as a 53-year-old Civil Rights Act is ruled to include protections for LGBT employees – The Tribune reports.

In the US, a federal appeals court ruled that that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination.

This ruling comes three weeks after a three-judge panel ruled the opposite, saying employers aren’t prohibited from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation.

One of yesterday’s ruling judges, Judge Richard Posner, wrote that changing societal norms called for a change in the interpretation of the act.