The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Informal Discussion Letters

The following letters are written by staff in the Office of Legal Counsel. They do not constitute official opinions of the Commission. This collection contains both informal discussion letters that respond to inquiries from members of the public and letters that respond to other federal agencies’ and departments’ requests for public comment. This collection will be updated monthly.

2008

TITLE VII/ADEA/ADA/EPA: Mandatory Arbitration 5/20/2008
ADA: "Bona Fide" Job Offer 5/5/2008
Title VII & ADEA: Job Advertisements 4/8/2008
ADA: Disability-Related Inquiries; Hiring 3/31/2008
Title VII: Application to Inmate Work Programs 3/28/2008
ADA: Definition of “Disability”; Reasonable Accommodation; Employee Misconduct 3/27/2008
Title VII: Use of Conviction Records in Hiring 3/27/2008
ADA: FMLA; Reasonable Accommodation---Leave; Medical Exams and Inquiries 3/25/2008
REHAB ACT: ADA Standards - Medical Examinations - Medical Disqualification 2/25/2008
ADA: Periodic Testing 2/15/2008

2007

Title VII – Religious Organization Exception 12/28/2007
ADA: Sign Language Interpreters for Employer-provided Training 10/29/2007
ADA: Chemical Sensitivity as a Possible Disability – Reasonable Accommodation 10/1/2007
Title VII: UGESP; Validation Standards 9/24/2007
Title VII: Affirmative Action Plans; OFCCP; As Employer Defense 9/18/2007
ADA: Direct Threat - Confidentiality of Medical Information - Lying on an EEOC Document 8/23/2007
ADA: Reasonable Accommodation 8/2/2007
ADA: Work Opportunity Tax Credit - IRS Form 8850 7/24/07
Rehabilitation Act: Pre-employment Inquiries - Workers’ Compensation - Alcohol Use
Title VII: Pre-employment Inquiries - Job Relatedness 7/23/07
ADEA: Job Advertisements Seeking Older Workers7/11/07
Title VII/ADA/ADEA/EPA: Statutes Enforced, Charge/Claim Statistics Kept 7/7/2007
Title VII: Sex Discrimination/Coverage of Transgendered 5/25/07
Title VII: Affirmative Action 4/26/07
ADEA: Time to Consider/Revoke Waiver Agreement 4/18/07
Rehabilitation Act: Disability-Related Inquiries 4/9/2007
ADA: Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examination 3/28/2007
Title VII: Arrest and Conviction Records; Rehabilitation Act: Alcoholism - Illegal Drug Use 3/19/2007
ADA: FMLA-Privacy of Medical Information-Reasonable Accommodation 2/16/2007
ADA: Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Exams 2/2/2007
Title VII: Pregnancy Discrimination in Job Interviews 2/2/2007
ADA: Reasonable Accommodation 1/9/2007
Rehabilitation Act: Periodic Testing 1/5/2007

2006

ADA: Mitigating Measures 12/4/2006
ADEA: Mandatory Retirement/FAA Age 60 Rule 12/4/2006
ADA: Individualized Assessment - Reasonable Accommodation - U.S. DOT Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 11/22/2006
ADEA: BFOQ-Individualized Assessment/FAA Age 60 Rule 11/15/06
Title VII: Religious Organizations/Hiring Co-religionists 11/14/06
Coordination/EEO Practices and DOL VETS Report 10/5/06
ADA/Rehabilitation Act: Confidentiality/EEO Process 9/27/06
Title VII: Affirmative Action 8/17/06
Title VII/National Origin Discrimination/Immigration Issues 8/14/06
ADEA: Retiree Health 7/31/06
Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Agency’s Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Disability; Terminology / Employment Provisions 6/26/06
ADA/Drivers License/Essential Functions/Reasonable Accommodation 6/21/06
ADA: Truck Drivers with Diabetes / Medical Screening Rules / Safety 6/6/06
Title VII/ADEA Pre-employment Inquiries 5/9/06
Title VII/Advertising/Affirmative Action/Diversity 4/28/06
ADA: Diabetic Truck Drivers / Medical Screening Rules / Safety 1/9/06
National Origin Classification 1/27/06
National Origin Classification 1/19/06
Title VII/ADA/ADEA Recordkeeping 1/19/06

2005

ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 2/22/05
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 1/13/05
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations – Pre-Offer 11/8/05
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 3/3/05
ADA and Title VII - Disability Retirement Benefits 7/25/05
ADEA-Pre-employment Inquiries 4/11/05
ADEA – Retiree Health 11/9/05
Employment Advertisements 2/29/05
Disability-Related Questions Directed to Employees 8/31/05
Internet Hiring 10/27/05
Jurisdiction; Federal Employee Unions 5/17/05
Title VII and ADA Hiring/Job Requirements/Job Descriptions 6/21/05
Title VII Arrest & Conviction Records 12/1/05
Title VII Arrest & Conviction Records (Youth at Work) 12/26/05
Title VII – BFOQ Psychotherapy 8/22/05
Title VII Citizenship 2/4/05
Title VII Credit Reports 2/14/05
Title VII 9/7/05
Title VII - Medical Documentation in English 4/8/05
Title VII Religious Discrimination
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 3/10/05
Title VII UGESP 3/3/05

2004

ADA Title VII ADEA Work Opportunity Tax Credit 4/29/04
ADA Confidentiality 6/17/04
ADA/Disparate treatment/reasonable accommodation 1/23/04
ADA Essential Functions/Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Applicants 6/3/04
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees 10/5/04
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees 9/10/04
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 3/23/04
ADEA Physical Exams 12/20/04
ADEA Retiree Health 5/21/04
ADEA Retiree Health 7/15/04
ADEA Retiree Health 8/19/04
ADEA Retiree Health 8/19/04
ADEA Retiree Health 12/16/04
ADEA Retiree Health 5/20/04
All Statutes Pre-employment Inquiries 12/23/04
Federal EEO Laws Limitations Period 7/12/04
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Disability/ Complaint Processing; Section 508 1/23/04
Religious Organization/Religious BFOQ 3/8/04
Title VII / ADA Recordkeeping Responsibilities for Electronic Resumes with Video Clips / Employer Knowledge of Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability Prior to Interview 10/5/04
Title VII Conviction Records 12/14/04
Title VII Coverage 11/30/04
Title VII Religious Expression 12/21/04

2003

ADA Definition of Disability-Sleep Apnea 8/5/03
ADA 12/17/03
ADA Pre-Offer Medical Exams 7/1/03
ADEA Age 60 Rule 2/5/03
ADEA Age/Pension/Cash Balance 3/10/03
ADEA Employee Ranking 4/25/03
ADEA Retiree Health 6/3/03
ADEA Age/Reverse Age Discrimination 10/28/03
ADEA Severance Pay/Retiree Health 3/21/03
Coverage of Americans Overseas 11/4/03
Employment Overseas 12/3/03
Harassment Policy 9/26/03
Non-EEOC Issue 12/10/03
Non-EEOC Issue 12/3/03
Retaliation 12/8/03
Title VII, ADA, and SARS 6/4/03
Title VII-Conviction Records 10/7/03
Title VII Pre-employment Inquiries 8/14/03
Title VII Religion/Social Security Numbers 7/14/03

2002

ADA Confidentiality of Medical Information 2/26/02
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 5/21/02
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries And Medical Examinations 12/10/02
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries And Medical Examinations 12/15/02
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 2/14/02
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 6/7/02
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 7/18/02
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 4/23/02
ADA Work Opportunity Tax Credit 5/28/02
ADEA Benefits 6/31/02
ADEA Comments on Cash Balance Regulation 10/8/02
ADEA Liability Insurance 7/25/02
Title VII/ADA Pre-employment Inquiry 8/5/02
Title VII BFOQ 3/5/02
Title VII Pre-employment Inquiries 6/12/02
Title VII Non-covered Employer 8/6/02
Title VII Religion-Social Security Numbers 5/29/02

2001

ADA Definition of "Disability" 8/6/01
ADA Drug and Alcohol Testing 7/16/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations, Confidentiality of Medical Information 5/4/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 5/4/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 8/3/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Exminations 8/6/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Eaminations 8/6/01
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 2/14/01
ADA Hiring Discrimination; Disability Related Inquiries And Medical Examination; Work Opportunity Tax Credit 5/18/01
ADA Insulin-Treated Diabetes/Truck Drivers 9/24/01
ADA Job Related and Consistent with Business Necessity / Direct Threat 3/16/01
ADA Qualification Standards; Hiring Discrimination 1/19/01
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 6/20/01
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 8/6/01
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 8/16/01
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 9/27/01
ADA Reasonable Accommodation 4/25/01
ADA Work Opportunity Tax Credit 10/15/01
ADEA Benefits 6/22/01
ADEA Benefits 6/22/01
ADEA Benefits 4/26/01
Age Other Benefits 1/23/01
ADEA State Immunity 4/2/01
Title VII / ADA Health Insurance And Other Benefits 4/2/01
Title VII, ADEA, And ADA Hiring Discrimination, Work Opportunity Tax Credit 5/17/01
Title VII Contraception 11/2/01
Title VII Contraception 4/6/01
Title VII Disparate Impact, Handwriting Analysis 2/28/01
Title VII Relationship of FCRA to Harassment 2/8/01
Title VII Preemployment Inquiries 3/27/01
Title VII National Origin 8/24/01
Title VII Undocumented Workers 4/2/01

2000

ADA Confidentiality of Medical Information 12/1/00
ADA Confidentiality of Medical Information 3/21/00
ADA Definition of Disability - In General 7/19/00
ADA Definition of Disability - In General 2/29/00
ADA Definition of Disability 9/28/00
Definition of Disability - Infertility; Health Insurance and other Benefits 1/11/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 2/11/00
ADA Hiring Discrimination; Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 2/29/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations; Hiring Discrimination 8/4/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 8/11/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 11/7/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations; Hiring Discrimination 11/7/00
ADA Disability Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations 1/14/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations; Terms and Conditions of Employment 11/7/00
ADA Health Insurance and Other Benefits 6/15/00
ADA Reasonable Accommodation; ADEA Disparate Treatment 8/15/00
ADEA Suits Against States 2/25/00
ADA Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical
Title VII, ADEA Preemployment Inquiries 5/31/00
ADA/Title VII Pre-employment Inquiries 12/11/00
ADA Workers' Compensation; Health Insurance and Other Benefits 1/28/00
ADEA Age Discrimination 2/7/00
ADEA - Disparate Treatment 1/8/00
Age / Mandatory Retirement 2/2/00
Title VII Conviction Records; Federal Employment 2/25/00
Title VII Disparate Impact 2/29/00
Title VII Equal Pay Act 1/31/00
Title VII / Equal Pay Act - Wage Discrimination 8/7/00
Title VII Other 4/13/00
Title VII Sexual Harassment 1/27/00
Title VII Undocumented Workers 1/31/00
Title VII Undocumented Workers 2/29/00

1999

Definition of "Disability" - In General; Reasonable Accommodation 11/4/99
Definition of "Disability" - Obesity; Health Insurance and Other Benefits 11/4/99
EEOC In General 12/99
Undocumented Workers 12/27/99

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