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Supreme Court ruling a win for transsexuals By Nathan Hurst, Globe Correspondent, 12/4/05 The transsexual community won a big victory last month when the US Supreme Court refused to hold a hearing on the case of Philecia Barnes, a Cincinnati police officer who was born Phillip Barnes. Barnes successfully sued the City of Cincinnati after being demoted in 1999, following the department's discovery that Barnes dressed as a woman outside work.
The city eventually paid $320,000 in restitution for sex stereotyping discrimination, which was made a valid aspect of discrimination in a 1989 Supreme Court case in which a woman was turned down for a promotion because her superiors said she didn't act feminine enough at work. The court's decision not to hear the appeal brought by lawyers for the city upholds an earlier decision by an Appeals Court that sided with Barnes. Boston has a law protecting transsexuals against workplace discrimination. Fourth quarter can be brutal for layoffs Think just because you've made it through 11 months of 2005 without getting laid off that you're home free? Think again. The fourth quarter of each year has traditionally been a big time for layoffs at many companies, as executives scramble to cut costs for end-of-the-year financial analysis reports, according to a report by ClearRock, a Boston-based executive coaching and outplacement firm. In 2004, fourth-quarter layoffs nationwide totaled over 273,000. The year before that, over 325,000 workers were laid off in the fourth quarter, about 90,000 more than the third quarter of that year. The year 2000 saw the largest percentage of layoffs in the fourth quarter, 36 percent, due mostly to sharp business declines at many technology firms. Nathan Hurst can be reached at nhurst@globe.com
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