A federal judge ruled that Adrian Duane, a transgender former employee of IXL Learning Inc., adequately stated a leave interference claim against the company. This ruling extends workplace bias claims against transgender employees to cover denial of employer-provided insurance coverage in addition to workplace discrimination. Duane argued that when IXL Learning fired him eight days after returning from phalloplasty surgery, the company failed to provide job-protected leave. IXL Learning stated that Duane was fired following the negative comments he wrote about the company on Glassdoor.
See "Transgender Worker Fired After Surgery Has Leave Claim", Patrick Dorrian, Bloomberg BNA, May 17, 2017