CVS has released “gender transition guidelines” that require employees to address people by their preferred pronouns.
“During and after the transition has occurred, CVS Health encourages you to continue to partner with your Leader and your Advice & Counsel representative, and to immediately report any issues that you might have with your employment, your work environment, and/or your Leader, co-workers, clients, and customers,” states the guidelines.
Transgender employees are encouraged to use their preferred pronouns in email signatures while co-workers are told not to refer to the transgender employee by any other pronoun or their former name.
“People use different terms to refer to themselves, but some terms are universally considered disrespectful and violate CVS’s policy against discrimination and harassment,” according to the guidelines.
Reporting from Summit News:
What’s more, according to company policy, all workers “should determine the most appropriate” bathroom and locker room based on their gender identity. “Any colleague, customer, or patient—transgender or otherwise–may choose to use the restroom and/or locker room that is appropriate to the gender they identify with,” according to the guide, which adds that transgender employees have “Any colleague, customer, or patient—transgender or otherwise–may choose to use the restroom and/or locker room that is appropriate to the gender they identify with.”
