The OCR/LR ensures that MDT complies with the following regulations relating to the equal employment opportunity commission:

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended
• Age, Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), as amended
• Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), as amended
• All pertinent employment related federal statues and local policies and ordinances.

Under these federal, state and local laws, it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including:

• Hiring and firing
• Compensation, assignment, or classification of employees
• Transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall
• Job advertisements
• Recruitment
• Testing
• Use of company facilities
• Training and apprenticeship programs
• Fringe benefits
• Pay, retirement plans and disability leave or
• Other terms and conditions of employment

Discrimination practices under these laws also include:

• Harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or age
• Retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation,, or opposing discriminatory practices
• Denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin or an individual with a disability
• Discrimination for participating in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic or religious group
• Employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities.