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Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Lloyd–La Follette Act (1912) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. No-FEAR Act. Voting Rights Act of 1965. Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.
Anti-discrimination law or non-discrimination law refers to legislation designed to prevent discrimination against particular groups of people; these groups are often referred to as protected groups or protected classes. [ 1 ] Anti-discrimination laws vary by jurisdiction with regard to the types of discrimination that are prohibited, and also ...
The United States Constitutionalso prohibits discrimination by federal and state governments against their public employees. Discrimination in the private sectoris not directly constrained by the Constitution, but has become subject to a growing body of federal and state law, including the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. [3]: 12, 21 The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including ...
The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , [ 1 ] which made discrimination based on race , religion , sex , national origin ...
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, [ 1 ] such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation. [ 2 ] Discrimination typically leads to groups being unfairly ...
Age discrimination is still an issue in employment in the United States as of 2019. [6] The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) (29 U.S.C. § 621 to 29 U.S.C. § 634) is a federal law that provides certain employment protections to workers who are over the age of forty, who work for an employer who has twenty or more employees.