Alternative Dispute Resolution-Related Statutes and Regulations

Congress has enacted a variety of laws prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information in the federal sector. In an effort to resolve EEO cases through means other than litigation, Congress has also enacted legislation to encourage the use of ADR in the federal sector.

Here is a list of federal EEO and ADR statutes and regulations:

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §2000e
  http:/www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm
• Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §791
  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/rehab.cfm
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §621
  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm
• Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)
  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000ff
  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/gina.cfm
• Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. §571
  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/571.html
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, 28 U.S.C. §651
  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/28/651.html

• 29 C.F.R. Part 1614
  https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2014-title29-vol4/xml/CFR-2014-title29-vol4-part1614.xml

• EEOC Management Directive-110
  https://www.eeoc.gov/federal/directives/md110.cfm
• MD 715
  https://www.eeoc.gov/federal/directives/eeomd715.cfm