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Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion,
discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and
other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color or national origin.
Title VII is enforced by the
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Executive Order
11246 prohibits covered federal contractors and subcontractors from
discriminating on the basis of national origin, as well as race, color,
religion and sex, and requires affirmative action to ensure equal employment
opportunity without regard to those factors. E.O. 11246 is enforced by the
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
(OFCCP).
The
Immigration
and Nationality Act prohibits employers (when hiring, discharging, or
recruiting or referring for a fee) from discriminating because of national
origin against U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and authorized aliens or
discriminating because of citizenship status against U.S. citizens, U.S.
nationals, and the following classes of a aliens with work authorization:
permanent residents, temporary residents (that is, individuals who have gone
through the legalization program), refugees, and asylees.
Section 188 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) prohibits discrimination against
applicants, employees and participants in WIA Title I-financially assisted
programs and activities, and programs that are part of the One-Stop system, on
the ground of national origin. In addition, WIA prohibits discrimination on the
grounds of race, color, religion, sex, disability, political affiliation or
belief, and for beneficiaries only, citizenship or participation in a WIA Title
I-financially assisted program or activity. Section 188 of WIA is enforced by
the Civil Rights Center.
DOL Web Pages on This
Topic
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
enforces Executive Order 11246.
Related Web Pages on This
Topic
Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA)
Prohibits discrimination against protected
individuals on the basis of national origin, or citizenship status.
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment
Practices
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair
Employment Practices (OSC) in the Department's Civil Rights Division protects
immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based upon
citizenship status, national origin, language, accent or similar factors.
Laws & Regulations on This
Topic
Laws
Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
E.O. 11246
Executive Order 11246
8
USC §1324b
Unfair immigration-related employment practices
29 USC §2938
Nondiscrimination Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA)
Prohibits discrimination against
protected individuals on the basis of national origin, or citizenship
status.
Regulations
28
CFR Part 44
Unfair Immigration-related Employment Practices
28
CFR Part 68
Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative
Hearings Before Administrative Law Judges in Cases Involving Allegations of
Unlawful Employment of Aliens, Unfair Immigration Practices and Document
Fraud
29
CFR Part 37
Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal
Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
29
CFR 1606
Guidelines on Discrimination Because of National
Origin
41 CFR Chapter
60
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal
Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor
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