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Laws & Policies |
County of
San Bernardino
Human
Resources Department
Equal Employment Opportunity |
COUNTY
POLICIES
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FEDERAL
LAWS
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Civil Rights Act of
1964 |
Title VII
prohibits employment discrimination in hiring, compensation, and
terms, conditions, or privileges of employment based on race,
religion, color, sex, or national origin. |
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Executive Order
11246 |
Prohibits discrimination on the
basis of race, religion, color, and national origin, by federal
agencies as well as those working under federal contracts. |
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Executive Order
11375 |
Added sex-based discrimination to
E.O. 11246. |
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Age Discrimination
in Employment Act of 1967 |
Protects employees 40-65 years of
age from discrimination. Later amended to age 70 (1978), then
amended (1986) to eliminate the upper age limit altogether. |
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Equal Employment
Opportunity Act of 1972 |
Empowered the EEOC |
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Vocational
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
Prohibits employers who have federal
contracts greater than $2,500 from discriminating against
individuals with handicaps, racial minorities, and women. |
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Vietnam Veterans
Readjustment Act of 1974 |
Provided for equal employment
opportunities for Vietnam War veterans. Administered and
enforced by the Officer of Federal Contract Compliance. |
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Age Discrimination
in Employment Act of 1978 |
Increased mandatory retirement age
from 65 to 79. Later amended (1986) to eliminate upper age
limit. |
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Pregnancy
Discrimination Act of 1978 |
Afforded EEO protection to pregnant
workers and requires pregnancy to be treated like any other
disability. |
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Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993 |
Requires employers covered under
the legislation to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave,
job-protected leave to employees for certain family and medical
reasons. |
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Fair Employment and
Housing Act |
Prohibits employment bias on the
basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin,
ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, marital status, sex (including sexual harassment),
age, or pregnancy. |
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California Civil
Rights Initiative –
Proposition 209 |
Amended the California Constitution
to prohibit public entities from using race, sex, color,
ethnicity or national origin as a basis for either
discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to
any individual or group in the operation of the State’s system
of public employment, public education, or public contracting. |
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The California
Family Rights Act of 1991 (CFRA) |
Generally provides that eligible
employees have the right to take family care leave for up to 12
weeks in a 24-month period in connection with the employee's own
serious health condition, birth of the employee’s child, the
adoption of a child by the employee, or the serious illness of
the employee’s child; or to care for the employee’s parent or
spouse who has a serious medical condition |
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Pregnancy
Disability Leave (PDL) |
Allows for up to four months of
leave for a pregnancy-related medical disability. |
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