EEOC Issues Updated Mandatory Workplace Poster

On October 20, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new workplace poster titled “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal,” which covered employers are required to display in their workplaces.  (Originally released on October 19, the EEOC issued a revised version on October 20.)  The new poster supersedes and replaces the previous “EEO is the Law” poster.  Like the previous poster, the new poster summarizes the laws enforced by the EEOC and provides information about 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)
• Retaliation for filing an EEOC charge; reasonably opposing discrimination; or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation or proceeding

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