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USA-1989-R-8172
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Title_of_text
Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Programs Rule (29 CFR Part 1615)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Disabled workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1989-05-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for the enforcement of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap, as it applies to programmes or activities conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It sets forth standards for what constitutes discrimination on the basis of mental or physical handicap, provides a definition for "individual with handicaps", and "qualified individuals with handicaps" and establishes a complaint mechanism for resolving allegations of discrimination.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1989-06-26
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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1973-09-26 (USA-1973-L-16061)
Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services (29 U.S.C., Chapter 16).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1970 (USA-1970-R-96855)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations (29 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter XIV, §1600-1699).
Serial region
Serial title
Federal Register
Date
1989-05-26
Volume
Vol. 54
Number
No. 101
Page range
pp. 22742-22753