Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination / / Michael Evan Gold.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gold, Michael Evan,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: Second Edition
• Language: English
• Series: ILR Bulletin
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)

This new edition of An Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination summarizes the federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability. Several major statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Pay Act, protect American workers from discrimination.In this handy reference guide, Michael Evan Gold discusses complex legislation in lucid, understandable terms. In his discussion of each statute, the author provides such information as: who is protected by the statute; who must obey the statute; principal definitions of discrimination together with numerous examples; ways of proving discrimination; reasonable accommodation; defenses to discrimination; retaliation; remedies; and procedures for bringing a claim.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Agency -- 1. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- 2. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act -- 3. Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act -- 4. The Equal Pay Act -- 5. Other Statutes -- Afterword