On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the new “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster, which updates and replaces the previous “EEO is the Law” poster. Covered employers are required by federal law to prominently display the poster at their work sites.
The new poster updates the earlier “EEO is the Law” poster in several ways, including that it:
Clarifies that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity;
Identifies harassment, including unwelcome verbal or physical conduct, as discrimination;
Provides information on equal pay discrimination for federal contractors;
Uses more straightforward formatting and plain English to summarize the laws prohibiting job discrimination in ways that are easier for employees to understand.
Like the earlier poster that it replaced, the new poster outlines and describes the Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination based on:
Race, color, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, religion,
Age (40 and older),
Equal pay,
Disability,
Genetic information (including family medical history or genetic tests or services), and includes,
Retaliation for filing a charge, reasonably opposing discrimination, or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation, or proceeding.
The poster summarizes these laws...
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