Major federal equal employment opportunity laws have attempted to correct social

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Major federal equal employment opportunity laws have attempted to correct social problems of interest to particular groups of workers, called protected classes. Defined broadly, these include individuals of a minority race, women, older people, and those with physical or mental disabilities. Separate federal laws cover each of these classes.

Review the timeline of the federal equal employment opportunity laws and read about each law. Choose one of the federal laws and briefly summarize it, include when it took effect, the implications of the law, protections under the law, and to whom it applies.

From your unique perspective what recommendations would you make for changing or improving that law to reflect the current workplace? Provide an example to support your recommendations. Respond to at least two other students with different federal law selections.

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There are several equal employment opportunity laws that are enacted by the government to protect the individuals from discrimination due to their age, gender, race, and disabilities. Some of them includes Equal pay act, Title VII of Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disability Act (ADA) act, etc.

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that was enacted in 1990 by the Congress. This act helps in prohibiting discrimination by the employer from private sector and local or state government against a qualified individual with disabilities. According to the act, disability refers to any mental of physical impairment of an individual which substantially limits his or her major life activities.

ADA makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee or a candidate due to his/her disability. Rather they are required to make reasonable accommodation for the disabled employees that are required to perform the necessary job functions.

The major elements of Americans with Disability Act are as follows:

In my view, ADA should incorporate the following changes:

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