29 CFR § 1601.2 - Terms defined in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1601.2"
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title: "29 CFR § 1601.2 - Terms defined in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1601.2"
section_name: "Terms defined in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
part_number: "1601"
part_name: "PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e-17; 42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 2000ff-11; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 1373."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1601"
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# 1601.2 Terms defined in title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
The terms *person, employer, employment agency, labor organization, employee, commerce, industry affecting commerce, State* and *religion* as used in this part shall have the meanings set forth in section 701 of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The term *disability* shall have the meaning set forth in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended. The term *genetic information* shall have the meaning set forth in section 201 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
[74 FR 63982, Dec. 7, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 65217, Oct. 15, 2020]