Vilsack is back.Iowa governor Tom Vilsack Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13, 1950) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002. in the last week of March issued another executive order designed to protect state employees from discrimination. An order he issued in 1999, which specifically banned discrimination based on sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. , was challenged by Republican legislators and eventually overturned by a court decision. Vilsack said his new order is designed to provide the same protections as the previous one but does so by not outlining any protected classes Protected class is a term used in United States anti-discrimination law. The term describes groups of people who are protected from discrimination and harassment. The following characteristics are considered "Protected Classes" and persons cannot be discriminated against based on . The new order reaffirms the Vilsack administration's commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. . It also creates a state workforce diversity program and a task force for equal opportunity in employment. |
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