It is time to update your workplace signage. On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new workers’ rights poster, which it quickly revised and re-issued on October 20, 2022. The new “Know Your Rights” poster replaces the EEOC’s “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster, which had been in place for more than a decade, and it features several substantive changes.
By law, employers covered under the federal equal employment opportunity laws enforced by the EEOC, i.e., the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Equal Pay Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) (collectively, “EEO laws”), must prominently post a notice summarizing employees’ rights and protections under the EEO laws at the employers’ work sites.
The updated poster includes new language explaining that the definition of sex discrimination covers discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy, including related conditions (which was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 2021). The new design also calls attention to the types of employment practices that could be subject to a challenge, providing a bulleted list of various forms of unlawful discrimination, including harassment and failure to provide a reasonable accommodation.
As before, the poster advises that employees and job applicants can file...
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