Equal Employment Opportunity

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 修订的, protects applicants and 员工 from discrimination in hiring, 促销活动, 放电, 支付, 附加福利, 职业培训, 分类, 推荐, and other aspects of employment, 以种族为基础, color, 宗教, sex (including pregnancy), 或者国籍. Religious discrimination includes failing to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious practices where the accommodation does not impose undue hardship.

Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 修订的, protect qualified individuals from discrimination on the basis of disability in hiring, 促销活动, 放电, 支付, 附加福利, 职业培训, 分类, 推荐, and other aspects of employment. 残疾 discrimination includes not making reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, barring undue hardship.

The 年龄歧视 in Employment Act of 1967, 修订的, protects applicants and 员工 40 years of age or older from discrimination based on age in hiring, 促销活动, 放电, 支付, 附加福利, 职业培训, 分类, 推荐, and other aspects of employment.

In addition to sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 修订的, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 修订的, prohibits sex discrimination in the 支付ment of wages to women and men performing substantially equal work, in jobs that require equal skill, 努力, 和责任, under similar working conditions, in the same establishment.

Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 protects applicants and 员工 from discrimination based on genetic information in hiring, 促销活动, 放电, 支付, 附加福利, 职业培训, 分类, 推荐, and other aspects of employment. GINA also restricts employers’ acquisition of genetic information and strictly limits disclosure of genetic information. Genetic information includes information about genetic tests of applicants, 员工, or their family members; the manifestation of diseases or disorders in family members (family medical history); and requests for or receipt of genetic services by applicants, 员工, or their family members.

All of these 联邦 laws prohibit covered entities from retaliating against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice.