Letter
USCCB Letter to Debra Carr from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Regarding Sex Discrimination (2015)
USCCB Letter to Debra Carr from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Regarding Sex Discrimination, March 30, 2015
On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, we respectfully submit the following comments on proposed OFCCP regulations on sex discrimination. 80 Fed. Reg. 5246 (Jan. 30, 2015).
The regulations are problematic in at least four respects. They (1) require employer-sponsored health plans in some instances to include coverage of abortion; (2) require such plans to include coverage of contraceptives; (3) forbid discrimination against employees because they are in “a relationship with a person of the same sex,” and (4) forbid discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” or “transgender status.”