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a <br />&-verview of Federal Equal OpportunitY Laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. <br />the Equal <br />Pay Act the Me I Act <br />1964Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of prohibitscolor,ion, sex and <br />discrimination.national origin re V11 applies to employers or r <, <br />Age iEmploymentof *6 l xprohibitsi` discrimination <br />against individuals who are forty (40) years of age or older. The ADEA applies to employers <br />wdh twenty (20) or more employeeS. <br />T-itle I of the Americans with Disabliffles Act of 1990 (ADA) - prohibits employment <br />discrimination against qualified individuals withdisabilities. The ADA ai i to employers <br />with fifteen (15) or ►employees <br />Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) - prohibits wage discrimination between man and women in <br />substantially equal jobs within the same establishment. The EPA applies to most employers <br />with one or more ► <br />These laws prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national odgin, <br />age, disablity and prohibit retaliation for opposing job discrimination, filing a charge, or participating <br />in proceedings under <br />determiningAll employees, including part-time and temporary workers, are counted for purposes of <br />► iyer has a sufficient number of f <br />An employee <br />existence of an employment relationship Is most easily shown by a person's appearance on <br />the employer's payroll, but i does notily the question. it <br />whether an employer ► I►employeesto be i `f by these <br />legal question. <br />mightIndependent contractors are not counted as empioyees. Determining whether an individued is, under <br />the law, an independent contractor, also is a legal question that'may not be as easy to answer as <br />you think. For i r kdormation on ► to determine person or an <br />"Independenti ►► 2 of the new pomplianceM !A f <br />attorney. Issuesif you are unsure whether a business or individual Is covered, you may vVish to consult with an <br />The folloMing may file a chargeof discrimination <br />areas,Anyone who believes that his or her employment rights have been violated because of race, <br />color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability or because of retaliation may file a charge <br />of discrimination with EEOC. By law, EF -OC must accept the filing of a charge. <br />in most geographic <br />aneged discrimination. in a very small number of areas where a state or local employment <br />discrimination does notapply, a chargebe filed within 80 days. <br />0 <br />