The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC List of Guidance Documents Pursuant to Executive Order 12866,
as amended by Executive Order 13422, and as Interpreted by the Office of Management and Budget

Laws, Regulations and Guidance

"Good Guidance" Practices

The following list of documents meets the requirements defined in Executive Order 12866, as amended by Executive Order 13422, and as interpreted in the Office of Management and Budget's Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices (Final Bulletin), 72 F. R. 3432 (Jan. 25, 2007).

New Compliance Manual Section 15: Race and Color Discrimination (4/19/2006)

New Compliance Manual Section 13: National Origin Discrimination (12/2/2002)

Revised Enforcement Guidance: Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the ADA (revised 10/17/2002 - This revised version replaces the original 3/1/1999 Guidance)

Enforcement Guidance: Application Of The ADA To Contingent Workers Placed By Temporary Agencies And Other Staffing Firms (12/2/2000)

New Compliance Manual Section 10: Compensation Discrimination (12/5/2000)

New Compliance Manual Section 3: Employee Benefits (10/3/2000, revised in part, 8/20/2001. The 2001 revision deleted § IV(b) of the original document)

Enforcement Guidance: Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees Under the ADA (7/27/2000)

New Compliance Manual Section 2: Threshold Issues (5/12/2000, revised in part, 7/21/2005. The 2005 revision replaced § 2-IV.C of the original document).

Instructions for Field Offices: Analyzing ADA Charges After Supreme Court Decisions Addressing "Disability" and "Qualified" (7/26/99)

Enforcement Guidance: Vicarious Employer Liability for Unlawful Harassment by Supervisors (6/21/1999)

New Compliance Manual Section 8: Retaliation (5/20/1998)

Enforcement Guidance: Application of EEO Laws to Contingent Workers Placed by Temporary Employment Agencies and Other Staffing Firms (12/3/1997)

Enforcement Guidance: Non-Waivable Employee Rights under EEOC Enforced Statutes (4/10/1997)

Enforcement Guidance: The ADA and Psychiatric Disabilities (3/25/1997)

Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA (9/3/1996)

Enforcement Guidance: Whether "Testers" Can File Charges and Litigate Claims of Employment Discrimination 5/22/1996)

The Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (11/1995)

Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations (10/10/1995)

Compliance Manual Section 902: Definition of the Term "Disability" (3/14/1995)

Interim Enforcement Guidance on the Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to Disability-based Distinctions in Employer Provided Health Insurance (6/8/1993)

Enforcement Guidance: Compensatory and Punitive Damages Available under § 102 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (7/14/1992)

Policy Guidance: The Consideration of Arrest Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (9/7/1990)

Policy Statement on the Use of Statistics in Charges Involving the Exclusion of Individuals with Conviction Records from Employment (7/29/1987)

Policy Statement on the Issue of Conviction Records under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (2/4/1987)

If you would like to submit comments on any of these documents, you may send an email to GGP.comments@eeoc.gov. Please provide your name and address in the e-mail. You also may send requests for the EEOC to issue, reconsider, modify, or rescind a guidance document to this email address. Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget's Final Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices, the EEOC has discretion over whether to respond to these comments.


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