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Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Programs Rule (29 CFR Part 1615)

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First Region

United States of America
Disabled workers
1989-05-19
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

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

Serial region

    Serial title
    Federal Register
    Date
    1989-05-26
    Volume
    Vol. 54
    Number
    No. 101
    Page range
    pp. 22742-22753