2 FAM 1550
EEO RETALIATION/REPRISAL
(CT:GEN-601; 01-12-2024)
(Office of Origin: S/OCR)
2 FAM 1551 POLICY
(CT:GEN-596; 07-20-2023)
(State)
In accordance with the applicable federal statutes, the Department of State prohibits retaliation or reprisal against any employee or applicant for employment because of that person’s participation in prior EEO protected activity. The Department ensures that all employees and applicants are free to exercise their rights to participate in the administrative EEO process under all applicable civil rights and equal opportunity laws, regulations, and provisions.
2 FAM 1552 AUTHORITY
(CT:GEN-601; 01-12-2024)
(State)
a. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII) (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.).
b. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.
c. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)).
d. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended (ADEA) (29 U.S.C. 633a).
e. The Civil Rights Act of 1991.
f. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act) (29 U.S.C. 791 et seq.).
g. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) (29 U.S.C. 2000ff).
h. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA).
i. The Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 3901(b)).
j. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 1614.
2 FAM 1553 APPLICABILITY
(CT:GEN-596; 07-20-2023)
(State)
Please see 2 FAM 1514 for applicability.
2 FAM 1554 PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES GOVERNING ALLEGATIONS OF RETALIATION/REPRISAL
(CT:GEN-596; 07-20-2023)
(State)
a. Any complainant, supervisor/manager, witness or representative who alleges restraint, coercion, interference, retaliation, or reprisal for having participated in a discrimination complaint proceeding (e.g., meeting with an official logically connected to the EEO process, filing an EEO complaint, appearing as a witness in another’s EEO complaint, reporting harassment, etc.), or for opposing illegal discrimination consistent with EEOC’s interpretation of this activity, may enter the EEO administrative complaint process.
b. Procedures on the filing and processing of complaints of discrimination under the authorities contained in this chapter are published in 2 FAM 1530.
2 FAM 1555 THROUGH 1559 UNASSIGNED