3. CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE CHALLENGE
Fear of Discrimination Law Suits:
With Legislations Such as :
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits discrimination of race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin;
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women from sex-based wage
discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are
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Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which
protects persons with disabilities in the public, private and state level
Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, for persons with disabilities at the
federal level
Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits
employment discrimination based on genetic information
The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases
of intentional employment discrimination.
An employer’s use of an individual’s criminal history in making employment decisions violates
the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Information Taken from http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
(Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination Questions And Answers, 2009)

4. CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE CHALLENCE
Fear of Discrimination Lawsuits:
Managers can often feel like they have to over justify their reasons for no
hiring a candidate. Or firing a candidate. Even though Kansas is a right
to work state, these reasons still have to be documented in the event of
lawsuit.
Managers must over document their reasons for not hiring a candidate to
protect themselves from discrimination law suits. Or firing a candidate.
Managers have to make sure their reasons for laying off one candidate over
another are justified, documented as not to be involved in
discrimination lawsuits