- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
- the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination;
- the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older;
- Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments;
- Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; and
- the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Helpful Information for the Social Worker
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Helpful Information for the Social Workers: Equal Pay Act of 1963
Equal Pay Act of 1963, a law that was passed in order for both men and women to be equally paid even though the men within the social services field and other professions tend to make more than women as if the Equal Pay Act of 1963 really does not apply or exist? Employers do not think of this law as they pay their employees according to what standards? Based on their gender? It is interesting to know that men are paid more than women even when single working mothers who do the same work are paid significantly less, or how a state agency within Mental Health has their employees to work overtime within group homes and not pay their employees overtime. It is interesting how employees work for health insurance to pay for family insurance and bring home little pay when this law is not effective within state agencies. Why do we have laws if the people in charge do not abide by them? Especially when a family lives off of minimum wage and works overtime to only be paid their regular hourly wage, but continues to work for health insurance because their child has a sickness that if they change jobs it would be considered a preexisting medical condition and their would be a waiting period. Adults continue to work without pay for over time within a State out of fear or intimidation do not report to the labor wages board afraid of loosing their job as their job’s health insurance is dependent on their child’s medical needs.
In the early 1980's I worked at an agency as a social worker, a predominately female occupation. My job classification was social worker II, I did the work of a social worker III, and was paid the salary of a social worker I. I later went to work for an agency that was predominately male. I had a full time secretary, a great office and ,it seemed to me, less work and responsibility. The educational requirement for both jobs were similar, but the working conditions and pay was very different.
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