| What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? |
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| History of the EEOC More... |
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| Disability Discrimination in the Federal Workplace |
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| Long before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against private sector employees and applicants on the basis of disability, Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Rehabilitation Act prohibits disability discrimination in the federal employment sector. More... |
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| Non-Agricultural Child Labor Restrictions under |
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| the Fair Labor Standards Act) More... |
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| Breastfeeding in the Workplace |
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| It is now generally recognized that breastfeeding should be encouraged and that babies who are breastfed receive numerous health and other benefits. The American Academy of Pediatrics, for example, recommends that women breastfeed their babies exclusively through the age of six months. Consequently, state legislatures have responded by passing laws to promote the public policy interests advanced by breastfeeding. Many states, for example, now have laws specifically stating that breastfeeding in public is not lewd behavior and that women have the right to breastfeed their children nearly any place they have a right to be. More... |
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| The Federal Labor Relations Authority |
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| Although many federal employees were granted the right to organize and join labor unions in 1962, they did not receive their current slate of collective bargaining rights until the passage of Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Title VII, also called the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, provides the framework for the labor rights of nearly two million federal employees. It also prohibits unfair labor practices by federal employers and unions. More... |
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