The supervisor shows up at your HR door. He wants answers for the following questions:
1. "Federal law doesn't protect against anti-gay harassment, does it? Why or why not?"
I would let the supervisor know that there are federal laws to protect gay people from being harassed at the work place. ” The same laws that protect workers from discrimination based on gender. At the federal level, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids harassment. In addition, most states have their own fair employment practices laws that prohibit sexual harassment, many of them stricter than the federal law”. (Nola, 2014)
2. "Can he sue under a specific state law"?
As stated in question 1 in most states have their own fair employment practices laws. According to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The employer is automatically liable for harassment by a supervisor that results in a negative employment action such as termination, failure to promote or hire, and loss of wages. If the supervisor'
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