Civil Rights
C.E.S.P. 2-13: Major Civil Rights Legislation
Date Revised: 10-16-2014
Supersedes: 11-29-2004
Summary: Establishes policy concerning major Civil Rights legislation.
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services that personnel having program compliance and supervisory duties will be knowledgeable of major Civil Rights legislation.
Legislation: Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1972
Summary: Prohibits discrimination under any program receiving federal assistance. Cuts off
aid to employment programs which discriminate. Also prohibits discrimination against
beneficiaries of federal assistance.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/cor/coord/titlevi.php
Legislation: Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964, as amended in 1972
Summary: Prohibits discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, gender,
pregnancy, (including childbirth or related conditions).
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm
Executive Order 11246 (1965)
Summary: Requires preparation and implementation of affirmative action plans to prevent discrimination
in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
by programs or entities receiving federal funds.
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/statutes/eo11246.htm
Legislation: Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972
Summary: Prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in programs and employment in institutions
receiving federal funds.
Justice.gov Title IX
Legislation: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
Summary: This law makes it illegal to discriminate against employees or applicants because
of genetic information. Genetic information includes information about an individual's
genetic tests and the genetic tests of an individual's family members, as well as
information about any disease, disorder or condition of an individual's family members
(i.e. an individual's family medical history).
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/gina.cfm
Legislation: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 (A.D.A.)
Summary: Prohibits discrimination in terms, conditions, and privileges of employment against
individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform
essential functions of job.
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/ada.cfm
Legislation: Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967, as amended 1978 (A.D.E.A.)
Summary: Prohibits age discrimination in employment, including benefits, for employees 40 or
over.
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm
Legislation: Equal Pay Act of 1963 (E.P.A.)
Summary: Prohibits pay differentials on basis of gender in substantially equal work requiring
equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions.
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm
Legislation: Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504
Summary: No discrimination against, denying benefits to, or exclusion from participation,
including employment, of any qualified individual with a disability by any program
receiving federal funds.
Department of Labor, Section 504
Legislation: Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (V.E.V.R.A.A.) of 1974
Summary: Prohibits job discrimination and requires affirmative action to employ and advance
in employment qualified Vietnam era veterans and qualified special disabled veterans.
Department of Labor, VEVRAA