---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1636.2"
title: "29"
number: "1636.2"
heading: "Definitions—general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1636.2"
---

# §1636.2. Definitions—general.

- (a) Commission means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission established by section 705 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e-4](/usc/42/2000e-4.md).
- (b) Covered entity means respondent as defined in section 701(n) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e(n)](/usc/42/2000e.md?p=n), and includes:
  - (1) **Employer,—** which is a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees, as defined in section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e(b)](/usc/42/2000e.md?p=b);
  - (2) **Employing office,—** as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. [1301](/usc/2/1301.md), and [3](/usc/2/3.md) U.S.C. 411(c);
  - (3) An entity employing a State employee (or the employee of a political subdivision of a State) described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, [42 U.S.C. 2000e-16c(a)](/usc/42/2000e-16c.md?p=a); and
  - (4) An entity to which section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a)](/usc/42/2000e-16.md?p=a), applies.
- (c) **Employee—** means:
  - (1) An employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 701(f) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e(f)](/usc/42/2000e.md?p=f);
  - (2) [Reserved]
  - (3) A covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in [3 U.S.C. 411(c)](/usc/3/411.md?p=c);
  - (4) A State employee (including an applicant) (or the employee or applicant of a political subdivision of a State) described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, [42 U.S.C. 2000e-16c(a)](/usc/42/2000e-16c.md?p=a); and
  - (5) An employee (including an applicant) to which section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a)](/usc/42/2000e-16.md?p=a), applies.
- (d) Person means person as defined by section 701(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000e(a)](/usc/42/2000e.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000gg et seq.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 29182, Apr. 19, 2024, unless otherwise noted.