What is covered under the EEO process?
Discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability are prohibited by law. Retaliation against an employee for filing an EEO complaint or participating in the EEO process is also prohibited. These are the eight bases under which an EEO complaint may be filed. In addition, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 prohibits discrimination if prohibited on the basis of marital status, sexual orientation or any other non-merit factor. Although a complaint on one of these additional bases may be rejected by EEOC as not under the purview of 29 CFR 1614 (the Federal regulations for complaint processing), employees may seek counseling for issues related to these bases.
