1.This Act may be cited as the
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of
2011
.
2.
(a)Congress finds that denial of employment
opportunities to individuals because they are or have been unemployed is
discriminatory and burdens commerce by—
(1)reducing personal
consumption and undermining economic stability and growth;
(2)squandering human
capital essential to the Nation’s economic vibrancy and growth;
(3)increasing demands
for Federal and State unemployment insurance benefits, reducing trust fund
assets, and leading to higher payroll taxes for employers, cuts in benefits for
jobless workers, or both;
(4)imposing
additional burdens on publicly funded health and welfare programs; and
(5)depressing income,
property, and other tax revenues that the Federal Government, States, and
localities rely on to support operations and institutions essential to
commerce.
(b)The
purposes of this Act are—
(1)to prohibit
consideration of an individual’s status as unemployed in considering applicants
for, screening for, or hiring for positions, except where a requirement related
to employment status is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably
necessary to successful performance in the job; and
(2)to eliminate the
burdens imposed on commerce due to the exclusion of such individuals from
employment.
<enum>I</enum><header>Fair
employment for nonfederal employees</header>
<section id="H7F1A6DB0D7FB4FEB8F1E3501D9D19E8F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H156A052653B24D12807FBC9401397ED2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>affected individual</term>
means any person who was not considered for employment, or was not hired by an
employer, as an employee, because of the person’s current employment status
(current as of the date of the decision concerning consideration or hiring), or
any person who was not considered, screened, or referred for an employment
opportunity, as an employee, by an employment agency because of the person’s
current employment status (current as of the date of the decision concerning
consideration, screening, or referral);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE489DE4AEE00499A8571ADF0B4F2D061"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>employee</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), but shall not include an employee
covered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE34D76E5F42F4BF8BA5825AD0B481987"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>employer</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB9569D84A80D48BC92BFE23936DE29D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any person
engaged in commerce or any industry or activity affecting commerce who has 15
or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in
the current or preceding calendar year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46561DAAD30940BD89037EA5C1C9B406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<clause id="H00F5B8F1341C44A6A9CD0596AF009557"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any
person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer
described in subparagraph (A) with respect to employing individuals to work for
the employer; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H44AF9EB508E04D319F13CD4752CFCCA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
successor in interest of an employer described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36580353DCAE4EEEB1D2A7C8CFA9D8EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes any
public agency, as defined in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 203), but shall not include an employing agency covered under
subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E721597910D4450A8F87A29DDE926A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>includes the
Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6494AEF2765494AB02F6AD8C2FB2468"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>employment agency</term>
means any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure
employees for an employer or to procure for individuals opportunities to work
as employees for an employer and includes an agent of such a person, and
includes any person who maintains an Internet website that publishes
advertisements or announcements of openings in jobs for employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B0067C19ADA4C73ACF910F369C5218A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Labor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFEE1FFD9C87D4242844D82A7B9B5089B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>status as unemployed</term>, used with respect to an individual, means
the individual’s present or past unemployment, regardless of the length of time
such individual was unemployed.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA09B5B88795F4323B9CF354A9438B050"><enum>102.</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header>
<subsection id="H184274610B6B4DC98AFA6621C288D1C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Employers</header><text>It
shall be an unlawful practice for an employer to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE82BD2AC5A36400D83AA35D42B226236"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fail or refuse to
consider for employment, or fail or refuse to hire, an individual as an
employee, because of the individual’s status as unemployed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D6C04E48869446B9FFB40763EC9D9AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in print,
on the Internet, or in any other medium, an advertisement or announcement for
an employee for any job that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE429E52A3D0849CEA71A5654EDEC775F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
individual’s status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for a job;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C706D5051E74BE9BFADFC4D3C58AC3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
employer will not consider or hire an individual for employment based on that
individual’s status as unemployed; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2261A33C77564C1DBFEA550F1F9A1473"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct or request that an employment agency
take an individual’s status as unemployed into account in considering,
screening, or referring applicants for employment as an employee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB56A32C89984EAB8C0D5852562ECCAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment
agencies</header><text>It shall be an unlawful practice for an employment
agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="H9309A69B5FFA436BAF2E27001446712D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fail or refuse to consider, screen, or
refer an individual for employment as an employee based on the individual’s
status as unemployed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17B5B6B32CD34A48A1D8D3E01F7018A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit, segregate, or classify individuals
in any manner that may limit their access to information about jobs, or
consideration, screening, or referral for jobs, as employees, because of their
status as unemployed; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82267A5A45894681AB9030830885D095"><enum>(3)</enum><text>publish, in print
or on the Internet or in any other medium, an advertisement or announcement for
any vacancy in a job, as an employee, that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25A454FF41844CB394CB92F47D72EBB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
individual’s status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for a job;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CB2E4554CD64E8591F61DE69D3D8538"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
employer will not consider or hire an individual for employment based on that
individual’s status as unemployed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88C7CDE9C99B49B781C403B81882EF1E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interference
with rights, proceedings or inquiries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any employer or
employment agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="H665CC0D8607A43719FDCAF9F7FF29283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>interfere with,
restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, any right
provided under this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H772DCC44DA114DA0B66EBB6B6A4B1255"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or in
any other manner to discriminate against any individual, as an employee,
because such individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42AE4BD82F6949638FF5927F20E58A6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>opposed any
practice made unlawful by this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA4AF621326147CF84E2C8F7136B1CF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has filed any
charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or
related to this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H220BE6A4082E47C48E5542CC670B7B93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has given, or is
about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding
relating to any right provided under this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A9D5AE9C4D5406DAB211D7A2FACD623"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has testified, or
is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right
provided under this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB823999E74024BA5975E665972355D41"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Bona fide
occupational qualification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, consideration by an employer or employment agency of an individual’s
status as unemployed shall not be an unlawful employment practice under this
Act if an individual’s employment in a similar or related job for a period of
time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide
occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance in
the job that is being filled.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H49F48EC748394D0AAC9B9939E54AFF81"><enum>103.</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H63A256EC2AE848309B1175BAF2D96D6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil action by
individual</header>
<paragraph id="H626FDB51CE5D44EC85266E782866B562"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Liability for
employers and employment agencies</header><text>Any employer or employment
agency that violates subsection (a) or (b) of section 4 shall be liable to any
affected individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A6751503A5F437FB5C9365C0629332C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for actual damages
equal to—</text>
<clause id="H2B49A1DD755A4190811EA4A385742C85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
amount of—</text>
<subclause id="H27CDD801953048EBA5AB2E7AB50BCF7A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any wages, salary,
employment benefits, or other compensation denied or lost to such individual by
reason of the violation; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFD9E262F8385463CB10CAB229534618C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in a case in
which wages, salary, employment benefits, or other compensation have not been
denied or lost to the individual, any actual monetary losses sustained by the
individual as a direct result of the violation or an amount of $1,000 per
violation per day, whichever is greater;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC07A4B3B2329410786BD1013FF3BDF0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
interest on the amount described in clause (i) calculated at the prevailing
rate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD84CBEB4E714DA5889FED58A277287D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an
additional amount as liquidated damages equal to the sum of the amount
described in clause (i) and the interest described in clause (ii), and any
punitive damages, except that if an employer or employment agency that has
violated section 4 proves to the satisfaction of the court that the act or
omission that violated section 4 was in good faith and that the employer had
reasonable grounds for believing that the act or omission was not a violation
of section 4, such court may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of the
liability to the amount and interest determined under clauses (i) and (ii),
respectively; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E4A6689F41D442DAB04664460111F7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for such equitable
relief as may be appropriate, including employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D605C7DF2D8463D998DEFA5ABC47AC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Right of
action</header><text>An action to recover the damages or equitable relief
prescribed in paragraph (1) may be maintained against any employer or
employment agency in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction by
any 1 or more persons for and on behalf of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B27C799328D4DD29CB760508C865F37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the affected
individual; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD29D7C753FE241DE84BA8A1475D94A4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the affected
individual and other individuals similarly situated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04DEC0994E574201857C59DC1F92FBCE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fees and
costs</header><text>The court in such an action shall, in addition to any
judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow a reasonable attorney’s fee,
reasonable expert witness fees, and other costs of the action to be paid by the
defendant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EC152B890EE4ECABB973D438DFAA14E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
right provided by paragraph (2) to bring an action by or on behalf of any
affected individual shall terminate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A6333A21AB142F29246B6144390744E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the filing of a
complaint by the Secretary in an action under subsection (d) in which restraint
is sought of any violation of section 4; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3651031E6AA54DEEA0904C2D0BEAEDCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on the filing of a
complaint by the Secretary in an action under subsection (b) in which a
recovery is sought of the damages described in paragraph (1)(A) owing to an
affected individual by an employer or employment agency liable under paragraph
(1),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">unless the
action described in subparagraph (A) or (B) is dismissed without prejudice on
motion of the Secretary.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H054596C71CB649EC84C9C8B34465C479"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Action by the
Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HF89F771DD5FB4310A4AF1F23DC65F838"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
action</header><text>The Secretary shall receive, investigate, and attempt to
resolve complaints of violations of section 4 in the same manner that the
Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to resolve complaints of
violations of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 206 and 207).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C39F3B171714411A61B3D39010988B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
action</header><text>The Secretary may bring an action in any court of
competent jurisdiction—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DBB9091C27B4080A1B393640108E671"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to enjoin
violations of this title and seek other relief and necessary to prevent future
violations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H416513F6A04240CAB8D824FF2738D3AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to recover—</text>
<clause id="H2212CB4A6ECD4A0BAA6EFF528F3CECB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
damages described in subsection (a)(1)(A);</text>
</clause><clause id="HBC0F710C79D5430EB698270533BB5086"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the case of a violation of section 4(c), a civil penalty of not less than $250
per violation (in addition to any other relief available under this
subparagraph); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H67C077AE59094AA69171E859BCA416F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other
equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C4685695F3F40E6817C8B62001FE683"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sums
recovered</header><text>Any sums recovered by the Secretary pursuant to
paragraph (2)(B)(i) shall be held in a special deposit account and shall be
paid, on order of the Secretary, directly to each affected individual. Any such
sums recovered pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)(i) that are not paid to an affected
individual because of inability to do so within a period of 3 years and any
sums recovered pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)(ii) shall be deposited into the
Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85BB9CCF1386458DB9DA7355501AE8F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="H264372776EE447C591E9BABCA79EE770"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), an action under
subsection (a) may be brought not later than 2 years after the date of the last
event constituting the alleged violation for which the action is brought,
except that the limitation period for filing an action by an individual shall
be tolled during the period during which the Secretary is considering a
complaint against any defendant named in a complaint filed with the Secretary
under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD829D856C70B44F58340522B630E1D3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Willful
violation</header><text>In the case of such action brought for a willful
violation of section 4, such action may be brought not later than 3 years after
the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which such
action is brought, except that the limitation period for filing an action by an
individual shall be tolled during the period during which the Secretary is
considering a complaint, against the defendant involved, that is filed with the
Secretary under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AAF28BA94A24F21AC3FDE682461736B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commencement</header><text>In
determining when an action is commenced by the Secretary under this section for
the purposes of this subsection, it shall be considered to be commenced on the
date when the Secretary files a complaint in a court of competent
jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C2AEC4516064D82B06EE99913114CE0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Action for
injunction by Secretary</header><text>The district courts of the United States
shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, in an action brought by the
Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BF6718885EE4E1DB51130F3B30688C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to restrain
violations of section 4;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9EE7FB683864EA2AC56B65B2D6D4425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to award such
other equitable relief as may be appropriate, including employment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id550F0F5177AA48AEA059525D525EA8E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to award monetary
damages.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H33D6E87B3C564B66AE848E650E9F5814"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Solicitor of
Labor</header><text>The Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent the
Secretary on any litigation brought under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9A7AA4B5F96485E805D6EF2DAC393FC"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Government Printing Office and Library of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the
Government Printing Office (acting as an employer or employment agency), and
with respect to the Library of Congress (acting as an employer or employment
agency), the authority of the Secretary of Labor under this title shall be
exercised respectively by the Public Printer and the Librarian of
Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Fair employment
for federal employees</header>
<section id="id3F6C136CC1A44709A906443447E6CF58"><enum>201.</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 23 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D5CA510C0034C1BA05B04F9BFBA67DD" style="USC">
<chapter id="id3319A16C9DAE43F78918444EC47AA5E5"><enum>25</enum><header>Prohibition on
discrimination based on employment status</header>
<section id="idA2944D53073B40339642ECBA071A984B"><enum>2501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="id105974221FAD4592AEC6130AEFFF6FAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>affected individual</term>
means any person who was not considered for employment, or was not hired by an
employing agency, as an employee, because of the person’s current employment
status (current as of the date of the decision concerning consideration or
hiring), or any person who was not considered, screened, or referred for an
employment opportunity, as an employee, by an employment agency because of the
person’s current employment status (current as of the date of the decision
concerning consideration, screening, or referral);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD663FCAC296D47B2992A8D542328DBCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>employee</term> means an individual described in section
6381(1)(A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id296A9E14A52048D8882B834C01E115FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>employing agency</term> means an agency covered under subchapter V of
chapter 63;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0B8E26523A7D446EB7670C242EF4CAF5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>employment agency</term>
means any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure
employees for an employing agency or to procure for individuals opportunities
to work as employees for an employing agency and includes an agent of such a
person, and includes any person who maintains an Internet website that
publishes advertisements or announcements of openings in jobs for
employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6B972FB10FB14E6B96730CA45D8B41EF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Labor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5ECBA55EDD084909AA4B904BFDB6B12F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>status as unemployed</term>, used with respect to an individual, means
the individual’s present or past unemployment, regardless of the length of time
such individual was unemployed.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id2FE1BD04008B42B0AC7E42067B0B9883"><enum>2502.</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header>
<subsection id="id644D78A1BEF4484D8595125665847214"><enum>(a)</enum><text>It shall be an
unlawful practice for an employing agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="idB524C79BAEB6484DA6917A8C40B09592"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fail or refuse to
consider for employment, or fail or refuse to hire, an individual as an
employee, because of the individual’s status as unemployed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB2D738128E05427CB74A851728B07FCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in print,
on the Internet, or in any other medium, an advertisement or announcement for
an employee for any job that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="id535D1012EB204BC2A80725AE1F3246F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
individual’s status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for a job;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D0BDC16E0894E6B8DE85E8A37EBC479"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
employing agency will not consider or hire an individual for employment based
on that individual’s status as unemployed; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id039100A54C6A409892A60BF032C362DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct or request that an employment agency
take an individual’s status as unemployed into account in considering,
screening, or referring applicants for employment as an employee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0F1F32B0A79A400EA554E08866DF657F"><enum>(b)</enum><text>It shall be an
unlawful practice for an employment agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="id5180E097D3F44B37A335213FC397D72A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fail or refuse to consider, screen, or
refer an individual for employment as an employee based on the individual’s
status as unemployed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id978B5EAE4CDF456E84DFBF05C75FC85F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit, segregate, or classify individuals
in any manner that may limit their access to information about jobs, or
consideration, screening, or referral for jobs, as employees, because of their
status as unemployed; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id488CBD4FCF5A4043BE8ACB180742D0DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>publish, in print
or on the Internet or in any other medium, an advertisement or announcement for
any vacancy in a job, as an employee, that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2182206724A24D1597A1499EB8040314"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
individual’s status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for a job;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10A195494B7B46C6B7B8B1D5EC9C87C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision stating or indicating that an
employing agency will not consider or hire an individual for employment based
on that individual’s status as unemployed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6FE97C6F2D87429E9F583206B7E9D13B"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any employing
agency or employment agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="idDFEE1F51181F4471A0E6518850894D41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>interfere with,
restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, any right
provided under this chapter; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC59ED55C44C04541969D134AB15EBC3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or in
any other manner to discriminate against any individual, as an employee,
because such individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4F96D8DECD694F5D89CB6DD09A3A26DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>opposed any
practice made unlawful by this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25E31D5246064AE6A683E3CABA90899B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has filed any
charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or
related to this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CAF9FB9E050439B8B5AFD7411E425F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has given, or is
about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding
relating to any right provided under this chapter; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9A08237D2F14CECB1DEC8EDB7E1C6BD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has testified, or
is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right
provided under this chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9878FEA4CFB64FDDAAA2062D871ED4A1"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, consideration by an employing agency or employment agency of an
individual’s status as unemployed shall not be an unlawful employment practice
under this chapter if an individual’s employment in a similar or related job
for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a
bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful
performance in the job that is being filled.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2CB08E2F022A4974AD102EB477E2610C"><enum>2503.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this chapter. The
regulations prescribed under this chapter shall, to the extent appropriate, be
consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor to carry
out title I of the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of
2011.</text>
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