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PUBLIC LAW 89.554-SEPT. 6, 1966

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SUBCHAPTER II—ANTIDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT Sec. 7151. 7152. 7153. 7154.

Policy. Marital status. Physical handicap. Other prohibitions.

SUBCHAPTER I—EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS § 7101. Right to organize; postal employees A postal employee may not be reduced in rank or pay or removed from the postal service because of— (1) membership in an organization of postal employees having for its objects, among other things, improvements in the working conditions of its members, including hours of work, pay, and leave of absence, and which is not affiliated with an outside organization imposing an obligation on the employees to engage in a strike, or proposing to assist them in a strike, against the United States; or (2) presenting, individually or as a member of a group of postal employees, a grievance to Congress or a Member of Congress. §7102. Right to petition Congress; employees The right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or Member thereof, may not be interfered with or denied. SUBCHAPTER II—ANTIDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT § 7151. Policy I t is the policy of the United States to insure equal employment opportunities for employees without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The President shall use his existing authority to carry out this policy. § 7152. Marital status The President may prescribe rules which shall prohibit, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, discrimination because of marital status in an Executive agency or in the competitive service. § 7153. Physical handicap The President may prescribe rules which shall prohibit, as nearly as conditions of ^ood administration warrant, discrimination because of physical handicap in an Executive agency or in the competitive service with respect to a position the duties of which, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, can be performed efficiently by an individual with a physical handicap, except that the employment may not endanger the health or safety of the individual or others. §7154. Other prohibitions (a) The head of an Executive department or military department may appoint qualified women to positions in the department with the legal pay of the positions to which appointed. (b) I n the administration of chapter 51, subchapter III of chapter 53, and sections 305 and 3324 of this title, discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex, or marital status is prohibited with respect to an individual or a position held by an individual. (c) The Civil Service Commission may prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of subsection (b) of this section.

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