Equal Opportunity Employment

1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act and put an end to an “unconscionable practice of paying female employees less wages than male employees for doing the same job” (Snow & Snow, 2016). The Equal Pay Act was “the first national labor standard to address the practice of women getting paid less than men simply because they were women” (Task Force, 2013). According to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Equal Pay Act requires that equal wages be paid to men and women who…

slowed and many disabled Americans have become employed (ADA, 2011). Many changes have been made to accommodate the disabled. There are several new regulations for the workplace that helps the disabled get fair treatment and be open to the same opportunities as others. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed to stop discrimination against people with disabilities not only in everyday places but also in the workplace. The Americans with Disabilities…

personal experiences of the author, and a Christian Worldview on adverse impacts that discrimination inflicts upon all servant leaders. The Act aims to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws; provide for damages in cases of intentional employment…

they breaking the law by importing their goods from Indonesia that have been produced by child labor. Furthermore, non-US citizens that are working for multinational companies outside the United States are not covered by United States Equal Employment Opportunity laws (EEOC, 2003).…

the rest in public facilities, education and employment. In 1964 however, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted. This legislation outlawed any discrimination based in skin color, gender, religion, and sex in the workplace as well as in public places. This legislation changed the way of life completely. Author of Fundamentals of Human Resources Management, DeCenzo stated “No single piece of legislation has had a greater effect on reducing employment discrimination than the Civil Rights Act of…

discrimination that currently exist in today’s world. The topic I decided to discuss is age discrimination. During 1967, the federal law under the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) was enforced to protect employees’ ages 40 or older rights to work and in 1986 to protect mandatory retirement. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, “the law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color,…

According to The American Association of University Women, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 safeguards individuals against employment discrimination on the grounds of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII pertains to employers with fifteen or more employees, including state and local governments. It additionally pertains to employment organizations and to labor establishments, as well as to the federal government. (The American Association of…

In the case of the EEOC v. AutoZone the plaintiff, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filed an employment discrimination case on behalf of John Shepherd against Shepherd’s former employer AutoZone. The case alleged that AutoZone failed to provide reasonable accommodations for Shepherd’s disability and was therefore in violation of the American’s with Disabilities Act enacted in 1990. Shepherd started as a sales clerk with AutoZone in 1998 as a sales clerk and was promoted to parts…

hiring her would have been a risk to their particular company. To bring this view to light, “Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices” as enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, clearly states that “it is not illegal under federal law for an employer to limit opportunity due to height and weight if the employer can demonstrate how the need is job related. (Prohibited Employment Policies) This would then address why the company claimed, she was “unfit to evacuate the bus in the…

a similar job in the coker unit in 1992. Chevron offered Mario the job on the condition that he pass a medical examination, however the doctor at Chevron found that Mario was suffering from a malfunctioning liver. Chevron withdrew the offer of employment because he was unable to process toxins in the plant environments due to the medical conditions would be exacerbated by continued exposure to toxins at the refinery. Mario discovered that he had Hepatitis C after he went for medical…