Background Information for EEOC Final Rule on Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
EEOC, Regulations Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (Final Rule, 2010) resource National Regulations OCEG Reviewed
Summary: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “Commission”) is issuing a final rule to implement Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”). Congress enacted Title II of GINA to protect job applicants, current and former employees, labor union members, and apprentices and trainees from discrimination based on their genetic information.
Equality Act 2010 - Key Updates for Employers (September 2010) resource Articles OCEG Reviewed
Introduction: The Equality Act 2010, a new legislative framework to protect the rights of individuals, is the single biggest piece of discrimination legislation created in the country. With the purpose of drawing together the complicated and numerous strands which form the basis of anti-discrimination law in the UK, the bulk of the Equality Act's provisions come into force on 1st October
United Kingdom, Equality Act 2010, Explanatory Notes (Rev. Ed., August 2010) resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
Introduction: These explanatory notes relate to the Equality Act 2010 which received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010.
United Kingdom, Government Equalities Office (GEO) - Equality Act 2010 resource Agency Web Sites OCEG Reviewed
The Equality Act 2010 provides a new cross-cutting legislative framework to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all; to update, simpl
United Kingdom, Equality Act 2010 resource National Laws OCEG Reviewed
The Equality Act of 2010 codifies and updates anti-discrimination law in the United Kingdom with the stated purpose to "reform and harmonise equality law" by combining, with amendments, earlier separate acts: the Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and other related Statutory Instruments regarding employment di
DOL, Americans with Disabilities Act resource Agency Web Sites OCEG Reviewed
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities. The ADA also establishes requirements for telecommunications relay services.
DOJ, Revised ADA Regulations Implementing Title II and Title III (Accessible Design, Accomodations) (2010) resource National Regulations OCEG Reviewed
On Friday, July 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department’s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
Title II: Final Rule amending 28 CFR Part 35: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services
Supreme Court Gives Plaintiffs Multiple Opportunities (Potentially) to File Timely EEOC Charges Alleging Disparate Impact Discrimination (Littler, June 2010) resource Articles
Introduction: In Lewis v. City of Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that plaintiffs alleged a cognizable claim of disparate impact discrimination under Title VII when one filed a charge of discrimination within 300 days of their employer, the City of Chicago ("City"), using an alleged discriminatory employment practice in a hiring decision.
Lewis vs.City of Chicago (U.S. Supreme Court, May 24, 2010) resource
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a unanimous decision allowing workers to file disparate impact lawsuits within 300 days after each discrminatory incident rather that 300 days after the practice was first implemented. This case was based on a written test, and subsequent qualification classifications based on that test, used for hiring by City of Chicago when seeking to
