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Employment Rights

Employment Rights. Table of Contents. Goal and Objectives. Goal To educate citizens concerning employment rights and various types of discrimination Objectives To provide examples of discrimination To provide awareness of the methods and solutions to fight discrimination.

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Employment Rights

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  1. Employment Rights

  2. Table of Contents

  3. Goal and Objectives • Goal • To educate citizens concerning employment rights and various types of discrimination • Objectives • To provide examples of discrimination • To provide awareness of the methods and solutions to fight discrimination

  4. Definition of Discrimination Discrimination is the treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.

  5. Civil Rights Movement • Lunch counter sit-ins • Rosa Parks’ boycott of the bus system • 200,000 people gathered for -“March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” • Martin Luther King Jr. -“I Have a Dream Speech”

  6. What did the Civil Rights Act Do? Right to vote Eliminate Discrimination Civil Rights Acts Authorized to Attorney Establish commissions

  7. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 • The Civil Rights Movement influenced the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 • The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States federal law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.In passing the bill, Congress denounces sex discrimination

  8. Title VIIEmployment Rights • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964, as amended prohibits discrimination on the basis of :

  9. Title VIIEmployment Rights • Title VIIprohibits discrimination in all terms, conditions and privileges of employment including:

  10. Discrimination • Race • Individual characteristic associated with race. • -Skin color, Hair texture or certain facial features • Color • Color of the skin • -Whether a person’s skin tone is lighter or darker. • -Between same race or cultural biased. • Nationalorigin • Individual’s ancestoral country of origin • -Characteristics of a particular national origin group • -Individual’s accent or manner of speaking

  11. Discrimination • Religion • Treating a person unfavorably because of religious beliefs • -Connection with a religious organization or group. • Sex • Sexual harassment • -Sex-based pay disparity • -Pregnancy based discrimination • Disability • The Americans with Disabilities Act or Rehabilitation Act • -Treated unfavorably because he or she has a disability • -Individual’s history of a disability

  12. Enforcement of Employment Rights • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) – Federal level • Human Rights Division of the Virginia Attorney General’s Office • Prince William County Human Rights Commission (PWCHRC) – Local level • Fair Employment Practices Agency - nationwide(FEPA) – Local level

  13. Know Your Rights

  14. Know Your Responsibilities Report Respect Request

  15. How to file a complaint

  16. Follow the Complaint • Contact PWC Human Rights by e-mail, phone, letter or office visit • Intake Process - Complete an intake questionnaire • File a formal job discrimination complaint called a “Charge of Discrimination” • Mediation • Investigation • Probable Cause/No Probable Cause • Letter of Determination/Notice of Rights and Dismissal

  17. Cost of Complaint • EEOC services are free! • Local services are free!

  18. Mediation • A mediation occurs before your complaint is investigated by PWHRC and provides you and your employer a chance to talk about your concerns. • If both parties agree to the terms of the mediation, the charge will be settled based on these terms and closed. • If Mediation fails it moves on to investigation.

  19. Investigation • The fact finding process • Review and analyze information received, interview witnesses or persons named in the charge, and obtain other information pertinent to the charge.

  20. Probable Cause/ No Probable Cause • No Probable Cause - failed to bare the burden of proof that there was in fact an act of discrimination by the employer. • Probable Cause – evidence of discrimination was discovered.

  21. Thank you for listening

  22. Prince William County Human Rights Commission E-mail :pwhrc@pwcgov.orgAdd: 15941 Donald Curtis Dr. Suite 125Woodbridge, VA 22191 Tel: 703-792-4680 Human Rights for everyone Thank you for listening

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