Notice to Employees

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Washington, D.C. 20507

Posted by Order of the Department of Health and Human Services An Agency of the United States Government

This Notice is posted pursuant to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) final agency decision dated January 9, 2024, which found a violation of the Rehabilitation Act in the Client Services Office, Human Resources Office, OCOO, CDC, HHS (hereinafter “facility”).

Federal law requires that there be no discrimination or harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of the person’s RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, GENETIC INFORMATION, or DISABILITY or because of REPRISAL with respect to hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.

This facility was found to have discriminated against an employee on the basis of disability. The Department has ordered the Agency to undertake a variety of remedies, including determining Complainant’s entitlement to non-pecuniary and/or pecuniary compensatory damages, ordering training for the responsible management official, considering taking disciplinary action against the responsible management official, and the posting of this notice.

This facility will ensure that officials responsible for personnel decisions and terms and conditions of employment will abide by the requirements of all Federal EEO laws and will not retaliate against employees who file EEO complaints.

This facility will comply with Federal law and will not in any manner restrain, interfere, coerce, or retaliate against any individual who exercises his or her right to oppose practices made unlawful by, or who participates in proceedings pursuant to, Federal EEO law.

Reginald Mebane signature

Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Workplace Equity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date Posted: February 8, 2024

Posting Expires: February 8, 2025

29 C.F.R. Part 1614

Posted by Order of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission An Agency of the United States Government

This Notice is posted pursuant to an order by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, dated May 18, 2023, which found that a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., has occurred at the Agency’s Office of Infectious Disease (OID), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) in Atlanta, Georgia (hereinafter, the facility).

Federal law requires that there be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the person’s RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, or DISABILITY with respect to hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.

The facility was found to have unlawfully discriminated against an employee based on sex and race when the employee was subjected to a hostile work environment and disparate treatment. The facility was ordered to provide proven compensatory damages to the affected employee and EEO training to all managers and supervisors at the facility. The facility was also ordered to consider discipline for the responsible management officials.

This facility will ensure that officials responsible for personnel decisions and terms and conditions of employment will abide by the requirements of all federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws and will not retaliate against employees who file EEO complaints. The facility will not in any manner restrain, interfere, coerce, or retaliate against any individual who exercises his or her right to oppose practices made unlawful by, or who participates in proceedings pursuant to, Federal equal employment opportunity law.

Duly Authorized Agency Representative: Reginald Mebane digital signature

Date Posted: June 15, 2023

Posting Expires: June 15, 2024

29 C.F.R. Part 1614