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Compliance Manual
Note: Most of the Compliance Manual is not available in electronic format.
Original Manual
- Section 902: Definition of the Term "Disability"
- Executive Summary: Compliance Manual Section 902, Definition of the Term "Disability"
New Manual
The Commission has begun a new Manual in a different format. Sections will be added as they are issued.
- Section 2: Threshold Issues Date issued 5/12/00
In August 2009, the EEOC issued a revision of the "Threshold Issues" Compliance Manual section to address the time limitations for filing charges alleging compensation discrimination pursuant to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The time limitations for filing compensation discrimination charges is addressed in the new subsection § 2-IV C.4, "Compensation Discrimination."
In July, 2005, EEOC issued a revision of the subsection of the "Threshold Issues" Compliance Manual section concerning time limitations for filing charges, which was originally issued in 2000. The revision conforms the Manual's discussion of the continuing violation doctrine to the Supreme Court's decision in National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 (2002). This revision replaces § 2-IV.C, “When Did the Alleged Violation Take Place?” The new section § 2-IV.C is captioned: “When Can a Discriminatory Act Be Challenged?”
- See also: Questions and Answers: Revision to Threshold Issues (July, 2005)
- See also: Questions and Answers: Threshold Issues (May, 2000)
- Section 3: Employee Benefits Date issued 10/3/00
- Section 8: Retaliation Date issued 5/20/98 (also available in PDF)
- Section 10: Compensation Discrimination Date issued 12/5/00
- Section 12: Religious Discrimination Date issued 7/22/08 (also available in PDF)
- See also: Questions and Answers: Religious Discrimination in the Workplace (also available in PDF)
- See also: Best Practices for Eradicating Religious Discrimination in the Workplace (also available in PDF)
- Section 13: National Origin Discrimination Date issued 12/2/02
- Section 15: Race and Color Discrimination Date issued 4/19/06 (also available in PDF)