Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Poster (English) Poster

Equal Employment O\Vppor tunity is

THE LAW
	
Private Employers, State and \focal Gov\dernments, Educational \bnstitu\dtions, Employment Agencies and \fabor Or\dganizations
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Applicants to and employees of most pri\bate employers, state and local go\ber nments, educational institutions, 

employment agencies and labor organizations are protected under Federal law from discrimination on the following bases:
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RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN 
Title V\f\f of the Ci\bil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, protects applicants and 
employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe bene�ts, 
job training, classi�cation, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis 
of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), or national origin. Religious 
discrimination includes failing to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious 
practices where the accommodation does not impose undue hardship. 
DISABILITY 
Title \f and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, protect 
quali�ed indi\biduals from discrimination on the basis of disability in hiring, promotion, 
discharge, pay, fringe bene�ts, job training, classi�cation, referral, and other 
aspects of employment. Disability discrimination includes not making reasonable 
accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an other wise quali�ed 
indi\bidual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, barring undue hardship. 
AGE 
The Age Discriminat\Vion in Employment \VAct of 1967, as am\Vended, protects 
applicants and emp\Vloyees 40 years of \Vage or older from discrimination \Vbased on 
age in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe bene�ts, \Vjob training, clas\Vsi�cation, 
referral, and other aspe\Vcts of employment.\V 
SEX (WAGES\f 
\fn addition to sex \Vdiscrimination prohibited by Title V\f\f of the Ci\bil\V Rights Act, as 
amended, the Equal \VPay Act of 1963, a\Vs amended, prohibits sex discrim\Vination in 
the payment of wage\Vs to women and men\V per forming substantially\V equal work, 
in jobs that require equal skill, ef for t, and responsibility, under similar wo\Vrking 
conditions, in the \Vsame establishment.\V  GENETICS 
Title \f\f of the Genetic \fnformation Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 protects applicants 
and employees from discrimination based on genetic information in hiring, 
promotion, discharge, pay, fringe bene�ts, job training, classi�cation, referral, and 
other aspects of employment. G\fNA also restricts employers’ acquisition of genetic 
information and strictly limits disclosure of genetic information. Genetic information 
includes information about genetic tests of applicants, employees, or their family 
members; the manifestation of diseases or disorders in family members (family 
medical histor y); and requests for or receipt of genetic ser \bices by applicants, 
employees, or their family members. 
RETALIATION 
All of these Federal laws prohibit co\bered entities from retaliating against a 
person who �les a charge of discrimination, par ticipates in a discrimination 
proceeding, or other wise opposes an unlawful employment practice. 
WHAT TO DO IF YOU BELIE\bE DISCRIMI\WNATION HAS OCCURRED 
There are strict time limi\Vts for �ling charges of employment \Vdiscrimination. To 
preser \be the ability of E\VEOC to act on your \Vbehalf and to protect your right to\V �le a 
pri\bate lawsuit, sh\Vould you ultimatel\Vy need to, you shou\Vld contact EEOC promptly 
when discrimination\V is suspected: 
The U.S. Equal Empl\Voyment Oppor tunity Commission (\VEEOC), 1-800-669-400\V0 
(toll-free) or 1-800-669-6\V820 (toll-free TTY number for \Vindi\biduals with hea\Vring 
impairments). EEOC �eld o\Vf�ce information is a\bailable\V at www.eeoc.go\b or 
in most telephone d\Virectories in the U.S\V. Go\bernment or Federal G\Vo\bernment 
section. Additiona\Vl information about EEOC, \Vincluding information about charge 
�ling, is a\bailable\V at www.eeoc.go\b.

Employers Holding Federal Contracts or Subcontracts 
Applicants to and \Vemployees of compa\Vnies with a Federal\V go\bernment contract or \Vsubcontract 
are protected under Fede\Vral law from discrimination \Von the following ba\Vses: 
RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN 
Executi\be Order 11246, as amend\Ved, prohibits job discrim\Vination on the basi\Vs 
of race, color, religion, sex or na\Vtional origin, and\V requires af�rmati\be action to 
ensure equality of oppo\Vr tunity in all aspe\Vcts of employment.\V 
INDI\bIDUALS WITH DIS\WABILITIES 
Section 503 of the \VRehabilitation Act \Vof 1973, as amende\Vd, protects quali�ed 
indi\biduals from discrimination \Von the basis of dis\Vability in hiring, \Vpromotion, 
discharge, pay, fringe bene�ts, \Vjob training, clas\Vsi�cation, referral, and 
other aspects of em\Vployment.  Disability discrim\Vination includes n\Vot making 
reasonable accommod\Vation to the known \Vphysical or mental \Vlimitations of an \V
other wise quali�ed indi\V\bidual with a disab\Vility who is an app\Vlicant or employee\V, 
barring undue hardship.  Section 503\V also requires that Federal con\Vtractors take 
af�rmati\be action to em\Vploy and ad\bance in\V employment quali�\Ved indi\biduals 
with disabilities a\Vt all le\bels of emp\Vloyment, including\V the executi\be le\bel\V. 
DISABLED, RECENTLY SEPARATED, OTHER PROTECTED, 
AND ARMED FORCES SER\bICE MEDAL \bETERANS 
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