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HR 1546 100th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Armed Forces and National Security Cancer Civil Rights and Liberties Civil service employment Courts and Civil Procedure Discrimination in employment District of Columbia Employment agencies Employment and training programs Federal employees Federal employees and officials Health Judicial officers Labor and Employment Labor union membership Labor unions Labor-management committees Manpower training programs Military personnel

Cancer Patients' Employment Rights Act

Introduced: March 11, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from EEOC.
Jun 17, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 30, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Mar 18, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Mar 18, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM, EEOC, US Postal Service.
Mar 11, 1987
Introduced in House
Mar 11, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 11, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Patients' Employment Rights Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, because of an individual's cancer history, to: (1) fail or refuse to hire or to discharge the individual, or to otherwise discriminate against the individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or (2) limit, segregate, or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way which would tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the individual's status as an employee.

Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to: (1) fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's cancer history; or (2) classify or refer for employment an individual on the basis of the individual's cancer history.

Makes it an unlawful employment practice for a labor organization to: (1) exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's cancer history; (2) limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer an individual for employment because of the individual's cancer history; or (3) cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual.

Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, training, or retraining program to discriminate against an individual because of the individual's cancer history in admission to, or employment in, such programs.

Declares that it is not an unlawful employment practice to hire individuals on the basis of their cancer history in cases where cancer history is a bona fide occupational qualification.

Declares it to be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to give and to act upon the results of a professionally developed ability test if such test is designed or used to discriminate because of cancer history.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to require an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee to grant preferential treatment to an individual or group because of the individual's or group's cancer history for the purpose of certain numerical comparisons.

Describes other unlawful employment practices with respect to individuals with a cancer history, including: (1) retaliation; (2) published job notices; (3) medical examinations and medical information; and (4) reasonable accommodations for such individuals.

Requires all personnel actions in the following government entities to be made free from discrimination based on cancer history: (1) military departments; (2) executive agencies; (3) the United States Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission; (4) units of the District of Columbia government having positions in the competitive service; and (5) units of the judicial branch having positions in the competitive service.

Empowers the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce this Act and to make investigations and require recordkeeping as appropriate.

What's happening now June 17, 1987

Executive Comment Requested from EEOC.

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