What Kinds Of Employment Practices Are Covered By The Job Discrimination Laws?
Under Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA, it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including: • hiring and firing; • compensation, assignment, or classification of employees; • transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall; • job advertisements; • recruitment; • testing; • use of company facilities; • training and apprenticeship programs; • fringe benefits; • pay, retirement plans, and disability leave; or • other terms and conditions of employment. Discriminatory practices under these laws also include: • harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age; • retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices; • employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities; and • denying employment opport
