Workplace woes. (Employment).Two out of five gay people report being harassed at work, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of a national survey released September September: see month. 12. Forty-one percent of the gay people who participated in the survey said they have faced some form of hostility on the job. Moreover, 9% said they have been fired for being gay. This is no surprise to most of the 2,000-plus Americans who participated in the survey. When asked which groups of people are most likely to experience workplace discrimination, 73% answered "gays and lesbians." It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have also not a surprise to David Smith of the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign. "It's legal to fire people because of their 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. in 38 states," Smith said. "[The survey] underscores the need for federal legislation to protect people from being discriminated against based on sexual orientation." |
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