Litigation

EEOC issues new anti-discrimination poster

By John Walch

The EEOC has long required most employers to provide information to employees about federal employment discrimination laws that prohibit job discrimination based on characteristics including race, sex, and religion.  To help with compliance, the EEOC for some time has provided a poster for employers to use.

Recent law changes have caused the EEOC to release an updated version of the poster.  Among the changes contained in the November 2009 version are a revised "Disability" section that includes the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (effective January 1, 2009), and a new "Genetics" section summarizing the employment nondiscrimination requirements of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) (effective November 21, 2009).

The EEOC will release posters written in Spanish, Chinese and Arabic in the next few days.  Employers should replace the existing poster with the revised version immediately.  Note that the EEOC has rules regarding where the poster must be located in the work site.

Full post as published by Northwest Business Litigation Blog on November 06, 2009 (boomark / email).