Hrm 530 Employment Laws

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Question # 1- Describe the scenario that you have selected and its corresponding employment laws. When an organization decides to implement disciplinary action training for supervisors of diverse employees, there are various employment laws they need to review. Diversity includes differences as well as similarities based on factors, such as racial, ethnic, age, sexual orientation, gender, political, economic, religious, national origin, class, and income. Organization need to be knowledgeable of employment laws to prevent or lower the risk of potential lawsuits (Cuizon, 2009). The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is considered to be the first civil rights legislation. The Act was based on the ending of slavery and treating black people equal to whites. Section 1981 gives citizens in every State and Territory the same rights, such as to make and enforce contracts and to file lawsuits for retaliation in employment. In 1991, Congress amended the Act, by including discrimination in the formation of all aspects of a contract or contractual relationship, including termination. Section 1981 applies to employees who are at-will, have no formal written contract, and no specific terms of employment (“Civil Rights”, 2013). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII expanded the Act of 1866. Title VII deals with prohibiting discrimination for the protected classes of race, color, sex, religion, or creed or national origin in regards to employment conditions, such as setting wages, testing, hiring, training, apprenticeship, firing, and any other condition or terms of employment. In 1978, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended to include the Pregnancy Discrimination Act to prevent employment decisions to be based upon an employee’s pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (“Teaching with Documents”, 2013). The Civil Rights Act of 1991 amended the 1964 law. The first

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