Laws and Statutes to Battle Employment Discrimination

It was during the 1960s when the Civil Rights Movement commencedand the federal government in cooperation with the state governments passedseveral laws as an action against one of the foremost civil violationshappening in the country – employment discrimination. The laws that wereenacted prevent any employer from making discriminating decisions against theiremployees.

?According to theanti-employment discrimination laws, it is a violation to discriminate anyemployee for any grounds if it is not about the employee's performance orquality of work and the nature of the employee's personality.

The best-knownanti-employment discrimination law

• Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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o?????? Rejectapplication

o?????? Denytraining

o?????? Punishor chastise

o?????? Refuseto promote

o?????? Givelesser pay

o?????? Demote

o?????? Fire,retrench or lay off

o?????? Harass

-????????Moreover, it is considered illegal when an employeradopts a rule or practice that may have a "disparate impact" on acertain protected class. An example of this is the implementation of hiringpolicies that have a tendency of screening out women applicants or thosebelonging to minority group

Other kinds of discrimination under the Title VII

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• One of the particular discrimination based on an employee's gender is the discrimination because of pregnancy.

• While it is illegal to discriminate against women and members of a minority group, discrimination against males and "white" applicants is also a violation of anti-discrimination laws.

This type of discrimination isusually regarded as "reversediscrimination."

• Equal Pay Act – a federal law requiring any employer subject to the federal law on wage and hour policies, the Fair Labor Standards Act to give equal wage rates to employees, male or female who are performing the same kind of work or "equal work." Differences in pay may be based on seniority, quality of work and other factors as long as it is not because of the employee's sex.

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) – prevents any kind of discrimination against applicants or employees aged 40 years old and above. This law applies to employers hiring 20 employees and above.

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act – a law against the discrimination of disabled persons by employers hiring 15 employees or more

• Immigration Reform and Control Act – any employer with 3 employees or more has committed a violation of this law if he or she discriminates against a legal or "intended" citizen of U.S. because of his/her national origin.

Many other anti-discrimination laws are implemented withinmunicipalities, counties, and states, which apply to any kind of employer,indicating additional protection from discrimination to other classes likelesbians, gays, those receiving welfare, married or unmarried persons, and eventhose with children.

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