LGBTQ Leaders Join SAVE in Lauding a Bi-Partisan Approach in Passing the Florida Inclusion Workforce Act (FIWA)
Today, Florida State Senator Joe Gruters introduced a Senate Bill to protect LGBTQ Floridians from discrimination in the workplace. The Florida Inclusion Workforce Act (FIWA) focuses on ensuring that Florida remains competitive in retaining the best talent in its workforce by adding sexual orientation and gender identity to Florida’s Civil Rights Act, helping to strengthen Florida’s economic future.
"Thanks to the efforts of Senator Gruters, the LGBTQ community has a new champion in the Florida Senate. Protecting our LGBTQ community from discrimination in Florida will take a bi-partisan effort that SAVE believes is the winning pathway for the LGBTQ community," said Tony Lima, Executive Director of SAVE. "Years of partisan attacks have killed any potential success for a comprehensive non-discrimination bill in Tallahassee," said Lima
Legislation to protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations was initially introduced in 2007 but failed to hit the Senate floor. The Florida Competitive Workforce Act followed in 2009 but unfortunately, in the past nine legislative sessions, the bill failed to be heard in the Florida House of Representatives. In 2015, there was one hearing in the Senate, which failed to pass.
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