HRM 300 Employment Laws Chart
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Employment Laws Chart
Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary.
Employment Law
Description and Requirement of Law
Court Case Influential to Establishment of Law
Importance of Law
Workplace Application
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination and segregation in public establishments, schools, and federally funded programs. Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. This also established the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
Lewis v. City of Chicago
African American firefighters filed a discrimination suit that tests were biased against blacks.
Protects applicants, and employees against hiring or firing because of race, color, religion, gender, or nationality from being disregarded as a candidate for employment, promotion, classification, training,…etc.
Prohibits employers from discrimination against prospective and current employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or nationality
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Equal Pay Act
Requires employers to give men and women equal pay for equal work
Corning Glass Works v. Brennan (1974)
Protects both men and women from wage discrimination based on sex
That workers performing equal work be paid at the same pay rate, not that workers receive the same amount of pay.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Addressed the difficulties older employees face in the workplace, including mandatory retirements, and discrimination in hiring those 40 and over. Amended in 1990 when the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act was passed detailing provisions and benefits for those over 40 years of age.
Reid v. Google (2010)
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (2009)
Smith v. City of Jackson (2005)
For employers with 20 + employees working each calendar working day. Prohibits any
Employment Laws Chart
Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary.
Employment Law
Description and Requirement of Law
Court Case Influential to Establishment of Law
Importance of Law
Workplace Application
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination and segregation in public establishments, schools, and federally funded programs. Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. This also established the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
Lewis v. City of Chicago
African American firefighters filed a discrimination suit that tests were biased against blacks.
Protects applicants, and employees against hiring or firing because of race, color, religion, gender, or nationality from being disregarded as a candidate for employment, promotion, classification, training,…etc.
Prohibits employers from discrimination against prospective and current employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or nationality
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Equal Pay Act
Requires employers to give men and women equal pay for equal work
Corning Glass Works v. Brennan (1974)
Protects both men and women from wage discrimination based on sex
That workers performing equal work be paid at the same pay rate, not that workers receive the same amount of pay.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Addressed the difficulties older employees face in the workplace, including mandatory retirements, and discrimination in hiring those 40 and over. Amended in 1990 when the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act was passed detailing provisions and benefits for those over 40 years of age.
Reid v. Google (2010)
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (2009)
Smith v. City of Jackson (2005)
For employers with 20 + employees working each calendar working day. Prohibits any