Coverage

Policymakers should use regulatory and legislative measures to prohibit discrimination against the following groups of workers:

• job-seekers who are or have been unemployed;
• individuals with poor credit scores, unless financial responsibility is closely related to job qualifications and duties;
• those with family caregiving responsibilities; and
• people with disabilities.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) should expand its guidance on family responsibilities discrimination. It should include age as a protected basis on which it may occur.

State and local governments should prohibit discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities. Regulations should include requirements to provide reasonable accommodations to family caregivers.

The EEOC should prioritize and pursue appropriate opportunities to bring litigation to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 and EEOC’s regulations implementing that law. The EEOC should also make it a priority to challenge systemic disability-based discrimination.