Which group was the most recent to be protected from workplace discrimination by U.S. federal law?

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Which group was the most recent to be protected from workplace discrimination by U.S. federal law?

The idea being tested is how federal protections against workplace discrimination have expanded over time to include more groups, with the most recent expansion covering LGBT individuals. Women have had protection against sex discrimination since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and people with disabilities gained protection later through the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990). Asian Americans benefited from protections against race and national origin discrimination as part of the same Civil Rights Act era. The most recent shift comes from the 2020 Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, extending federal workplace protections to LGBT employees. This makes LGBT persons the latest group to be federally protected.

The idea being tested is how federal protections against workplace discrimination have expanded over time to include more groups, with the most recent expansion covering LGBT individuals. Women have had protection against sex discrimination since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and people with disabilities gained protection later through the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990). Asian Americans benefited from protections against race and national origin discrimination as part of the same Civil Rights Act era. The most recent shift comes from the 2020 Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, extending federal workplace protections to LGBT employees. This makes LGBT persons the latest group to be federally protected.

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