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[3]: 12, 21 The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, pregnancy, and gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, and retaliation for participating in a discrimination complaint proceeding and/or opposing a discriminatory practice.
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board received 11 complaints against individuals alleging sexual harassment between 2020 and 2023 and disciplined nine staff members as a result, firing four of them ...
A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 ...
The United States Constitution also prohibits discrimination by federal and state governments against their public employees. Discrimination in the private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution, but has become subject to a growing body of federal and state law, including the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Federal ...
Those rights can be granted only by legislation passed by the Congress, such as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Federal employees cannot appeal claims of discrimination under Executive Order 13087 to the EEOC, but they can file complaints under the grievance procedure of the agency where they work and, under certain conditions, may ...
All of the complaints revolve around a common theme: Judge Cocroft alleges she has received different treatment because of race and/or gender. Federal complaint filed by Ohio judge accuses fellow ...
The State Department on Wednesday dismantled its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and removed the link to it from its website. The office had been created by former Secretary of State Antony Blinken with fanfare shortly after he took office and had produced reports identifying strategies for attracting minorities and women into the department ...
It prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, and marital or familial status. [1] Specifically, it empowers the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to take enforcement action against individuals, employers, and labor unions which violated the employment provisions of the ...