Isn't Sex Discrimination Illegal?
Yes.Federal LawsConoce tus derechos bajo la ley federal sobre la discriminacion en base al sexo The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex for workers who are performing similar work at the same establishment. It is illegal to pay less for "equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed in similar working conditions." Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sex as well as race, color, religion, and national origin in employment, including hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. Legislation and court rulings have strengthened Title VII for women over the past four decades.
In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment constitutes sex discrimination. Verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are sexual harassment when this conduct affects an individual’s employment, interferes with work performance, or creates a hostile work environment. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 amended Title VII to provide damages in cases of intentional discrimination. Executive Order 11246, issued by President Johnson in 1965, prohibits federal contractors from discrimination against an employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training and apprenticeship. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administers and investigates complaints of discrimination under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, and Executive Order 11246. Read More About Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws State LawsState laws also prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sex. Click here to read about the anti-discimination laws in your state. Despite the laws, sex discrimination still happens. Some experts calculate that between 10-25% of women in the U.S. endure job discrimination at least once over a decade. Read More Despite the risks, each year thousands of women get angry enough to file discrimination charges.After years of mistreatment, their fury and frustration push them to disrupt their lives and careers to go to court. Visit The Wage Project's Sex Discrimination Case Database. NEED HELP? For more information on your rights at work as women, visit Women's Employed. To learn about filing complaints with the EEOC, visit http://www.eeoc.gov. Several women's organizations provide hotlines for women who face sex discrimination at work. Visit How To Get Even to learn what you can do to stop discrimination at your workplace.
|
