16 Jun 2020

US Supreme Court win for LGBT workers

From The Panel, 4:39 pm on 16 June 2020

The US Supreme Court has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights laws.

Simon Hampton, US reporter in New York joins The Panel to discuss.

(File photo) Demonstrators in favour of LGBT rights rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in October 2019 as the court considers three cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Photo: AFP

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