Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) The ADEA’s broad ban against age discrimination also specifically prohibits: statements or specifications in job notices or advertisements of age preference and limitations. An age limit may only be specified in the rare circumstances where age has been proven to be a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) discrimination on…
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) Basic Provisions/Requirements The Act requires employers of covered employees who are not otherwise exempt to pay these employees a minimum wage of not less than $5.15 an hour beginning September 1, 1997. Youths under 20 years of age may be paid a minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an…
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (OSHA) Employees are granted several important rights by the Act. Among them are the right to: complain to OSHA about safety and health conditions in their workplace and have their identity kept confidential from the employer, contest the time period OSHA allows for correcting standards violations, and participate in OSHA…
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) covers only certain employers affects only those employees eligible for the protections of the law involves entitlement to leave maintains health benefits during leave restores an employee’s job after leave sets requirements for notice and certification of the need for leave protects employees who request or take leave includes…
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all employment practices. It is necessary to understand several important ADA definitions to know who is protected by the law and what constitutes illegal discrimination: Individual with a Disability An individual with a disability under the ADA is a…
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 made major changes in the federal laws against employment discrimination enforced by EEOC. Enacted in part to reverse several Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of persons protected by these laws, the Act also provides additional protections. The Act authorizes compensatory and punitive damages in cases of intentional…
DISCRIMINATION LAWS FEDERAL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Equal Pay Act of 1963 protects Men and Women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination Age Discrimination in Employment…