Obama Poised to Sign EO Barring Federal Contractors from Discriminating Against LGBT Applicants

The new executive order appends the categories of sexual orientation and gender identity to the existing framework prohibiting federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This measure is seen as a stopgap while the House of Representatives continually refuses to vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. While ENDA has passed the Senate, it has since to come to the House floor for a vote.

Keywords: litigation, LGBT, employment discrimination, gay rights, President Obama, ENDA

_{Nick Drury is with Sandman, Levy and Petrich in Chicago, Illinois.}

_{Copyright © 2016, American Bar Association. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the American Bar Association, the Section of Litigation, this committee, or the employer(s) of the author(s).}