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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and ensures compliance with federal and state employment laws and regulations. TTUHSC El Paso provides a fair and equitable student conduct process, utilizing a thorough, neutral, and impartial investigation, from which is generated a prompt resolution.
TTUHSC El Paso does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on or related to sex, race, national origin, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected categories, classes, or characteristics. While sexual orientation and gender identity are not explicitly protected categories under state or federal law, it is TTUHSC El Paso’s policy not to discriminate in employment, admission, or use of programs, activities, facilities, or services on these bases.
Discriminatory behavior is prohibited by this policy, as well as by federal laws such as Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in employment, Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, and state laws such as Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code. Discriminatory behavior is prohibited regardless of the manner in which it is exhibited, whether verbally, in writing, by actions, or electronically displayed or conveyed.
Please see the HSCEP OP 51.03 on Harassment, Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, and Title IX Policy and Complaint Procedure.
For more information visit the Title IX Compliance webpage.
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