29 CFR § 1630.8 - Relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1630.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1630.8 - Relationship or association with an individual with a disability."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1630.8"
section_name: "Relationship or association with an individual with a disability."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
part_number: "1630"
part_name: "REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT"
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. 12116 and 12205a of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 35734, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1630"
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# 1630.8 Relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
It is unlawful for a covered entity to exclude or deny equal jobs or benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against, a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a family, business, social or other relationship or association.