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Breanna Johnson

Gwynedd Mercy University

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On March 6th, 1961, President John F Kennedy signed an executive order that required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and that employees are treated during the employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. This then established the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The EEOC was established on July 2, 1965 in which it is mandated specifically under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This Act prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which protects applicants and employees 40 years of age or older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, terms, conditions or privilege of employment. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which protects the Civil Right of persons with disabilities. The Americans with Disability Act of 1990 protects qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, job training, fringe benefits, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment on the basis of disability. This law also requires that covered entities provide qualified applicants and employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations that do not impose undue hardship. Finally the ADA Amendment Act of 2008 which is also another nondiscrimination law made for persons with a disability. This Act made changes to the definition of the term ‘disability’, clarifying and broadening the definition. Retaliation against a person ho files a charge of discrimination, participates in an investigations, or opposes an unlawful employment practice is prohibited by all of these Federal Laws.

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