List of Employment Laws
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Federal overtime, minimum wage, child labor, recordkeeping;
- 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, as amended (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;
- Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee;
- The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
Relevant Laws
FLSA in the News
- Joe Arpaio's Doomsday: Arpaio Loses ACLU Civil Rights Lawsuit, MCSO ... - Phoenix New Times...
- US awards medals to four girls killed in 1963 civil rights bombing - Yahoo! News
- UCR Students' Exhibit on Youth Influence on Civil Rights Movement on Display ... - UC...
- Safety Gear Isn't 'Clothes' Under FLSA, Unions Tell High Court - Law360 (subscription)
- Is North Carolina moving backward on civil rights? - Washington Post (blog)
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