Monday, March 8, 2010

4 Employment Traps to Avoid Small Business needs

Even if you're a small company, there are still more equal opportunities, which depend on the number of employees including full time, part-time and the need to retain staff for the season:

1. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or nationality, if your company has 15 or more employees.

2. The age discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibits ageDiscrimination against employees who are forty years or more if the company has 20 or more employees.

3. Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination in employment against qualified individuals with disabilities, if the company employs 15 or more employees.

4. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) prohibits wage discrimination between men and women in substantially equal work in all stores.

The Equal Opportunity CommissionRepresentatives offer free of charge for the training of employers on compliance with those laws. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides other services for a fee. They also offer free publications with information on laws and enforcement. All this information is available on the website http://www.eeoc available. Gov

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