ADA Amendments Act of 2008

Running Head: Human Resource Management 1
Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management
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Human Resource Management 2
Part 1: Description and Requirement of Law
1. Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act: This Act is an amended version of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. This act protects persons from discrimination of any type within the
workplace.
2. Equal Employment Opportunity Act: This Act requires employers to offer equal
employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of color, religion, race,
gender, national origin, marital status, or any other status.
3. Equal Pay Act of 1963: This Act prohibits companies to discriminate against any
persons with wages. More so, the company must pay all employees who perform on the
same level the same amount regardless of any status such as gender.
4. Age Discrimination Act of 1967: This Act protects persons over the age of 40.
Companies cannot terminate or force an employee to perform “light” duty because of his
or her age. However, companies can set age restrictions for certain jobs because of job
requirements.
5. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 & ADA Amendments Act of 2008: This Act
protects persons from discrimination based on disability. This act was added to the
Rehabilitation Act to protect persons in the private sector, and to protect persons from
employment denial based on their disability.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1991: This Act protects persons the same as the 1964 Act against
discrimination regardless of color, religion, race, gender, national origin, marital status,
or any other status, and allows the person to sue the company for monetary damages if he
or she is discriminated against due to any of these factors.