560 - All or Most Employers, Regardless of Grant Status

Federal civil rights employment laws and labor laws apply to grantees in their capacity as employers just as they apply to nonfederal fund recipients. The sections that follow discuss some of the more complex fair employment practice laws, but there are others such as the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which prohibits citizenship and national origin discrimination while at the same time requiring employers to verify their employees’ right to work in the United States, and the Family Medical Leave Act, which requires covered employers to grant workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child, the serious illness of a spouse,… Read More