Employment Law Services

Title VII - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended: prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Section 703(a) Title VII covers all private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions that employ 15 or more persons. Title VII defines an “employer” as a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen (15) or more persons for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such person. Section 701 (b).

Americans with Disabilities Act as amended (ADAAA): is a comprehensive law prohibiting discrimination in several areas, including employment, public transportation, certain construction industries, and public accommodations and services operated by the private sector.

Prohibited Employment Practices: the ADAAA prohibits covered employers from discriminating in any facet of employment against a “qualified individual with a disability.” Employers may not use tests or qualifications that tend to screen out disabled individuals unless such criteria are “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”

Employers covered by the ADAAA unless exempted by statute: all public and private employers with fifteen (15) or more employees for each working day of twenty calendar weeks in the current or preceding year.

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s age. The ADEA protects individuals who are at least forty (40) years old from discrimination on the basis of age. The ADEA was amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act in 1986 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

The ADEA defines an “employer” as a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has twenty (20) or more persons for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such person.