Civil Service Reform Act

These laws include the Civil Service Reform Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act, Executive Order 11246, certain sections of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Civil Rights Act of 1964, Family and Medical Leave Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, and sections of the Rehabilitation Act, Social Security Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and workers compensation law. 

Since the passing of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, discriminatory personnel actions or practices based on sexual orientation have been illegal in the Federal government. There is no federal law that prohibits this type of discrimination in private employment. However, seventeen states and the District of Columbia have laws that currently prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in private employment. Private employers within a state, county, or city with a law or ordinance prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination, must follow that law despite the fact that there is no federal law in place. 

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. webpage tide The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) Standards of Conduct http //www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compUance/olms/complcsra. htm... 

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