Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint

Apprenticeship and Training Trust (JPPJATT)

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/jacksonville-plumbers-training-trust-revise-apprentice-selection-process-settle-eeoc-race
Types of Discrimination

Race, Color, and Sex Discrimination

Disability Discrimination
Protected Classifications

Federal protected classes include:

Race.
Color.
Religion or creed.
National origin or ancestry.
Sex.
Age.
Physical or mental disability.
Veteran status.
Genetic information.
Citizenship.
Employment Actions

Racial discrimination in the workplace is based on race, skin color, ethnicity, or

country of national origin.

Employers must give fair treatment to employees with disabilities, including mobility,
hearing, visual, and psychological disabilities.

Sex and gender discrimination in the workplace are illegal yet happen every day.

discrimination based on an employee’s gender, sexual orientation, or identifying

gender.
BFOQ (Bona fide occupational qualifications)

Employment qualifications that employers are allowed to consider

Making decisions about hiring and retention of employees

Qualification should relate to an essential job duty

Considered necessary for operating in particular business.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibits discrimination.

Nation's benchmark of civil rights

Discrimination on the basis of sex and race

Discrimination in public accommodations

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964
Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) & Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

Sex-based wage discrimination

Equal skill, effort, and responsibility

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 states the EEOC's longstanding position that
compensation must be fair.

Reality of wage discrimination.

The Act contains an explicit retroactivity provision.

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/equal-pay-act-1963-and-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-act-2009#:~:text=This
%20document%20addresses%20the%20Equal,responsibility%20under%20similar%20working%20conditions.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy

Permit a pregnant employee to work

Prohibit employment decision based on pregnancy.

Restrict not to single out pregnancy

Restrict not to terminate employees

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/internal/policies/pregnancy-discrimination#:~:text=The
%20Pregnancy%20Discrimination%20Act%20of,childbirth%2C%20or%20related%20medical%20conditions.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and ADAAA of 2009

Civil rights protections

Equal opportunity

Discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Act prohibits private places of public accommodation from discriminating

against individuals with disabilities.

https://adata.org/learn-about-ada#:~:text=The%20ADA%20gives%20civil%20rights,origin%2C%20age%2C
%20and%20religion.&text=In%202008%2C%20the%20Americans%20with,effective%20on%20January
%201%2C%202009.
Genetic Information Nondisclosure Act of 2008 (GINA)

Prohibit genetic discrimination

Discriminate against employees or applicants

Prohibits the use of genetic information

https://www.eeoc.gov/genetic-information-discrimination#:~:text=Title%20II%20of%20the%20Genetic,applicants
%20because%20of%20genetic%20information.
Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)

Family and temporary medical leave

Balance the demands of the workplace

Employees to take reasonable leave

Equal employment opportunity

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Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)

Paid sick leave for COVID-19.

Paid sick leave at employee’s regular rate

Paid sick leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate

The paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave
Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

Act helps ensure advance notice

Protects workers, their families and communities

The U.S. Department of Labor has compliance assistance

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/layoffs/warn