EEOC Statutes and Regulations

Statutes Enforced by the EEOC

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Equal Pay Act of 1963
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sections 501 and 505
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Titles I and V
• Civil Rights Act of 1991

EEOC Regulations

You can search, view, and comment on proposed Federal regulations from approximately 160 Federal Departments and Agencies through Regulations.Gov.

New and Proposed Regulations

This exemption was approved by the Commission on April 22, 2004, for circulation to other federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It will not become final until it is approved by OMB and is published in the Federal Register.

• Proposed Rule on Coordination of Retiree Health Benefits with Eligibility for Medicare or State Health Benefits (not yet published in the Federal Register)

The EEOC has published its semiannual regulatory agenda pursuant to Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 6. The agenda lists all regulations that are scheduled for review or development during the next 12 months or that have been finalized since the publication of the last agenda.

• Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register Notice, December 22, 2003 (PDF version)

The following regulations have been published in the Federal Register within the past two years.

• Interim Final Rule on Posting Requirements in Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity (No FEAR)
  January 26, 2004
• Final Rule on Procedures--Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  December 17, 2003
• Final Rule on Application of ADA Standards to the Federal Workforce
  May 21, 2002

• 1630.16 contains the Appendix to Part 1630: Interpretive Guidance on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act