What Federal Laws Prohibit Employment Discrimination?
• 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 (“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; and, • The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination The U.S. Equal Em
