how much they pay and what benefits they offer. People don’t look at the acts involved like the equal pay act, the Americans with disabilities act, the family and medical leave act, and finally the drug free work place act. These acts are very important to know when looking for a job. Throughout this paper I will be telling you all about them and how they affect you as an employee and as a workplace. The equal pay act was introduced in 1963 during the World War II. It came to be an act because men
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expand the scope of their civil rights. Although equal rights for all were affirmed in the founding documents of this country, many American’s were still denied essential employment rights. Because of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, many laws were passed and enacted barring an employer from discriminating against employees on most grounds. Aside from the quality of an employee's work or the nature of his or her personality, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibited an employer with 15 or
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Equal Employment Opportunity and Discrimination By BUS335 Professor Richard Primo Have you ever been discriminated against on your job? Were you denied a right because of sex or race? Well today may your lucky day, in this paper I will be talking about an organization that helps people to fight against discrimination. This organization is abbreviated as EEO and it stands for Equal Employment Opportunity. Equal Employment Opportunity means that
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social policies that have apparently enabled the progress of both women and children and enabled equality. Such as the Divorce Reform Act 1969 and The Child Protection Act; ensuring the safeguarding of children and protection from abuse. Though some theorists may argue that social policies have not always had a positive effect on these groups. The Children Act first devised in 1989 and later re worked in 2004 protects children from work, this legislation states that the legal age in which children
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agreed upon are, Texas and Arizona minimum wage laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964 and Equal Pay act. According to ("Texas Work Force Commission", 2011) Texas follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25. In order to remain complaint, employers must pay their employees the minimum. Employees are allowed to bargain with employers for a higher pay if they feel their qualification exceed the minimum pay. Employers who are found in violation may be fined up to $10,000. According to ("Industrial
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women still exists. In my thesis I am going to talk about events that took place, so women could get the right to vote, the right to make reproductive decisions, the issue that women is currently facing for equal pay, and two groups that are in pro and against the passage of the paycheck fair act. Many rights that women have today are the result of big efforts made by past women leaders who showed their inconformity of not having the same civil rights as men. As Shea mentioned in the book Living Democracy
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will face. I will be discussing four employment laws which are as follows: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA), Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) and the Equal Pay Act of 1963. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) was established as a standard for minimum wages, overtime pay, child labor and recordkeeping. More than 130 million workers are affected by these standards in both
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Gender Wage Gap: A Social Injustice Kattie Andrus English 122: English Composition II Erin Reaume May 19th, 2014 Imagine yourself going into work every day, punching the time clock with your fellow coworkers who complete the same job tasks as you but when payday comes around you have only earned about three-fourths of what they were paid. Wouldn’t you be a little outraged or even feel somewhat belittled? In America today statistics indicate there is a gender income gap where women and men
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Texas Minimum Wage Act, The Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title 7) and The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). I will provide a description of each of the aforementioned laws and the associated penalty for violating that law. Texas Minimum Wage Act ties the Texas minimum wage for non-exempt employees to the Federal minimum wage and automatically increases with the Federal minimum wage.(Dolghih, n.d.) The Texas Minimum Wage Act covers the employees
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