3 FAM 1550
EEO RETALIATION/REPRISAL
(CT:PER-730; 05-12-2014)
(Office Of Origin: S/OCR)
3 FAM 1551 POLICY
(CT:PER-730; 05-12-2014)
(State Only)
(Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees)
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 persons participation in prior EEO protected
activity or because of his or her opposition to illegal discrimination. 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.
3 FAM 1552 AUTHORITY
(CT:PER-730; 05-12-2014)
(State Only)
(Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees)
a. Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.).
b. The Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)).
c. The
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sections 501 and 505, as amended (29 U.S.C. 791 et
seq.).
d. Americans with
Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq.).
e. The Equal Pay
Act of 1963, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)).
f. Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff).
g. The Foreign
Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 3901(b)(1)).
h. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations contained in 29 CFR 1614.
3 FAM 1553 APPLICABILITY
(CT:PER-730; 05-12-2014)
(State Only)
(Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees)
These regulations apply to all U.S. citizen Foreign
Service and Civil Service employees and employment applicants of the Department
of State, not including non-U.S. citizens located outside the territorial
boundaries of the United States.
3 FAM 1554 PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES
GOVERNING ALLEGATIONS OF RETALIATION/REPRISAL
(CT:PER-730; 05-12-2014)
(State Only)
(Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees)
a. Any complainant, supervisor/manager, witness or
representative who alleges restraint, coercion, interference, retaliation,
reprisal or discrimination for having participated in protected EEO activity
(e.g., meeting with an official logically connected to the EEO process, filing
an EEO complaint, appearing as a witness in anothers EEO complaint, reporting
harassment, etc.), or for opposing illegal discrimination consistent with EEOCs interpretation of this activity, may
enter the EEO administrative complaint process on that basis.
b. Procedures on the filing and processing of
complaints of discrimination under the authorities contained in this chapter
are published in 3 FAH-1 H-1510.
3 FAM 1555 THROUGH 1559 UNASSIGNED