Know Your Rights:
The Federal laws prohibiting job
discrimination are:
- Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin;
- The
Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which
protects men and women who perform substantially
equal work in the same establishment from
sex-based wage discrimination;
- The
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals
who are 40 years of age or older;
- Title
I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibit employment
discrimination against qualified individuals
with disabilities in the private sector, and
in state and local governments;
- Sections
501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
which prohibit discrimination against qualified
individuals with disabilities who work in
the federal government; and
- The
Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among
other things, provides monetary damages in
cases of intentional employment discrimination.
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