Employment Litigation Section
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The Employment Litigation Section is a unit within the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination by public employers and certain other entities.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Employment Litigation Section canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal government legal office
ⓘ
section of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ⓘ
other sections of the Civil Rights Division ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employs |
paralegals
ⓘ
support staff ⓘ trial attorneys ⓘ |
| enforces |
Americans with Disabilities Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) employment provisions (for certain public entities)
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) employment provisions (for certain employers) ⓘ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as to public employers)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (civil enforcement in certain contexts) ⓘ
surface form:
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) (for certain employers)
anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (for certain employers) ⓘ federal employment discrimination laws ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
employment discrimination by certain other entities receiving public funds or performing public functions
ⓘ
employment discrimination by public employers ⓘ employment discrimination by state and local government employers ⓘ |
| goal |
eliminate employment discrimination
ⓘ
ensure equal employment opportunity in the public sector ⓘ |
| governmentBranch |
executive branch of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Executive Branch of the United States government
|
| handles |
individual employment discrimination cases referred by federal agencies
ⓘ
pattern-or-practice employment discrimination cases ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalAction |
files lawsuits in federal court
ⓘ
negotiates consent decrees and settlement agreements ⓘ seeks injunctive relief ⓘ seeks monetary damages for victims of discrimination ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| monitors | compliance with employment discrimination consent decrees ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Civil Rights Division ⓘ |
| partOf |
Civil Rights Division
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Justice
|
| responsibility |
development of federal employment discrimination enforcement policy for covered entities
ⓘ
interpretation and enforcement of federal employment discrimination statutes for covered employers ⓘ litigation of appeals in employment discrimination cases in coordination with the Solicitor General’s Office ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
civil rights law
ⓘ
employment law ⓘ public sector employment ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | public law office ⓘ |
| website | https://www.justice.gov/crt/employment-litigation-section ⓘ |
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