W EEKLY EDITION MAY 16, 2018
PROTECTED CLASSES
No business can discriminate against people – ei ther in
hiring them or serving them – based on any of these factors
(thanks Wikipedia!):
Race – Civil Rights Act of 1964
Color – Civil Rights Act of 1964
Religion – Civil Rights Act of 1964
*T his also includes protection for atheists and people
who p ractice no reli gion.
National origin – Civil Rights Act of 1964
Age (40 and over) – Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967
Sex – Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission includes
discrimina tion based on gender presentation and sexual
orientation as protected beneath the class of 'sex.'
Pregnancy – Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Citizenship – Immigration Reform and Control Act
Familial status – Civil Rights Act of 1968
* Title VIII: Housing cannot discriminate for having children,
with an exception for senior housing.
In 2015 the Supreme Court held in Obergfell v Hodges that
same sex marriage must be af forded equal protection in that the
fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same - se x couples by
both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .
Disability status – Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Veteran status – Vietnam E ra Veterans' Readjustment Assistance
Act of 1974 and Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act
Genetic information – Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
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