Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act

Specific discriminatory actions based on prohibited grounds other than disability

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A recipient must not, directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements, on a prohibited ground:

  • Deny any individual aid, benefits, services, or training;
  • Provide to an individual any aid, benefits, services, or training that is different, or is provided in a different manner, from that provided to others;
  • Subject an individual to segregation or separate treatment;
  • Restrict an individual in any way in the enjoyment of any advantage or privilege enjoyed by others;
  • Treat an individual differently from others in determining whether he or she satisfies any requirement or condition for any aid, benefits, services or training provided;
  • Deny or limit an individual with respect to any opportunity to participate in a WIA Title I-funded program or activity, or afford him or her an opportunity to do so that is different from the opportunity afforded others;
  • Deny an individual the opportunity to participate as a member of a planning or advisory body that is an integral part of the WIA Title I-funded program or activity; or
  • Otherwise limit on a prohibited ground an individual in enjoyment of any right, privilege, advantage, or opportunity enjoyed by others.
  • Aid or perpetuate descrimination by providing significant assistance to an agency, organization, or person that discriminates on a prohibited ground in providing any aid, benefits, services, or training to registrants, applicants, or participants in a WIA Title I-funded program or activity; or
  • Refuse to accommodate an individual's religious practices or beliefts, unless to do so would result in an undue hardship.

This list is not exhaustive, for further discriminatory actions based on prohibited grounds other than disability, please review 29 CFR Part 37 Section 37.6.