Labor & Employment Law — 10/23/09

EEOC posts updated “EEO is the Law” poster on its website

On October 22, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted on its website a revised “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster that reflects current federal employment discrimination law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (effective on January 1, 2009) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (effective November 21, 2009). The revised poster also includes updates from the Department of Labor.

Employers are required to post notices describing the federal laws prohibiting job discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability and genetic information. The updated EEOC poster is available in English, Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. Up to 10 copies of the poster may be ordered from the EEOC’s website at http://www.eeoc.gov/posterform.html.

The federal agency notes that there are several ways for employers to comply with the law:

Print a supplement from the agency’s website and post it alongside the EEOC’s September 2002 “EEO is the Law” poster or the OFCCP’s August 2008 “EEO is the Law” poster.
Print from the website the EEOC’s November 2009 version of the “EEO is the Law” poster and post it.
Order a new poster through the EEOC Clearinghouse at the address provided below. The poster is on backorder and will be shipped when the poster becomes available in the near future.

Posters may be ordered by mail through the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Clearinghouse, PO Box 541, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701; by Fax at (301) 206-9789; or by phone at 1-800-669-3362 (voice) or 1-800-800-3302 (TTY). Employers may also order posters by completing and submit a form from the EEOC’s website.

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