Leslie Langford
06-02-2015, 04:26 PM
Wow! - this is powerful stuff. Say what you mean, OSHA, and mean what you say... :eek:
http://transequality.org/blog/new-osha-guide-to-restoom-access-for-transgender-employees
In no uncertain terms, OSHA has now placed itself firmly on the side of gender-variant people in their support for allowing them to use those restroom facilities that are in line with their respective gender identities. It has couched this approach in terms of a health and safety issue that actually transcends the normal fears of a transphobic physical attack by a "hater". By now also addressing the issue of potential bodily harm and complications arising out of "holding it in" on the part of the person so affected and who is denied access to suitable restroom facilities, they have elevated it to a whole new level of concern, and one that may be very hard to argue against by those wishing to bar us from opposite-sex restrooms.
I can see a very epic battle brewing between this powerful organization and the lawmakers bent on promoting and enforcing their odious "bathroom bills". Knowingly legislating unsafe workplace conditions and practices???...nuh-uh!, and seeing that OSHA is a U.S. federal government regulator, their mandate supersedes any state or municipal regulations or by-laws, and will have the full force of the U.S. Supreme Court behind it if push comes to shove.
Things could get very interesting very quickly in this new arena...
http://transequality.org/blog/new-osha-guide-to-restoom-access-for-transgender-employees
In no uncertain terms, OSHA has now placed itself firmly on the side of gender-variant people in their support for allowing them to use those restroom facilities that are in line with their respective gender identities. It has couched this approach in terms of a health and safety issue that actually transcends the normal fears of a transphobic physical attack by a "hater". By now also addressing the issue of potential bodily harm and complications arising out of "holding it in" on the part of the person so affected and who is denied access to suitable restroom facilities, they have elevated it to a whole new level of concern, and one that may be very hard to argue against by those wishing to bar us from opposite-sex restrooms.
I can see a very epic battle brewing between this powerful organization and the lawmakers bent on promoting and enforcing their odious "bathroom bills". Knowingly legislating unsafe workplace conditions and practices???...nuh-uh!, and seeing that OSHA is a U.S. federal government regulator, their mandate supersedes any state or municipal regulations or by-laws, and will have the full force of the U.S. Supreme Court behind it if push comes to shove.
Things could get very interesting very quickly in this new arena...