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795              <a href="/age-discrimination">
796                <span>Age</span>
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800              <a href="/eeoc-disability-related-resources">
801                <span>Disability</span>
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805              <a href="/equal-paycompensation-discrimination">
806                <span>Equal Pay</span>
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811                <span>Genetic Information</span>
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816                <span>Harassment</span>
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846                <span>Sex</span>
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953                                  <p class="submenu-list__heading"><strong>Federal Employees &amp; Job Applicants</strong></p>
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955              <a href="/federal-sector/federal-employees-job-applicants">
956                <span>Overview</span>
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961                <span>Federal Complaint Process</span>
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965              <a href="/federal-sector/federal-sector-alternative-dispute-resolution">
966                <span>Federal Sector Alternative Dispute Resolution</span>
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1126Cases involving or presenting issues on which the Commission has taken a position contrary to precedent in the Circuit in which the case will be filed;</li><li data-list-item-id="e871405da69038b73e70f97c3cb51b624">Cases involving or presenting issues on which the General Counsel proposes to take a position contrary to precedent in the Circuit in which the case will be filed; or</li><li data-list-item-id="ebf41a46be9a29aecc395c4436f9d5676">Cases that reasonably implicate areas of the law that are not settled or that are reasonably likely to generate public controversy</li><li data-list-item-id="ebe8551c00f57411a2ab1629c5cae8b5c">All other cases, except for cases to enforce any recordkeeping and reporting requirements established and maintained by the Commission; or cases to enforce any consent decree, settlement, or other resolution of litigation.</li></ul><p>The General Counsel retains authority under 29 C.F.R. § 1601.16(d) (subpoena enforcement actions) and 29 C.F.R. § 1601.23(a) (preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders), and related statutory provisions.</p><p>The General Counsel also retains delegated authority (in coordination with the EEOC’s Office of Field Programs), to refer to the Department of Justice charges involving state or local government employers (public sector charges) that fail conciliation under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.</p><p>Full text of the resolution is here: <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/resolution-concerning-commissions-authority-commence-or-intervene-litigation">https://www.eeoc.gov/resolution-concerning-commissions-authority-commence-or-intervene-litigation</a>.</p></div>
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