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Discrimination of the Disabled

The Disability Discrimination Act helps protect the rights of disabled Americans from discrimination based on their physical or mental disabilities....

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GINA: Genetic Discrimination

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA” or the “Act”) is an attempt to keep pace with technology and address the numerou...

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GINA: Part 2

GINA applies to all employers with 15 or more employees and is modeled after Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). In addition...

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Gender Discrimination Overview

Gender discrimination, or sexism, is the belief that one sex is superior to the other sex and it can refer to the hatred of or distrust towards eith...

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Housing Discrimination and The Fair Housing Act

What is the Fair Housing Act? Signed by President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1968, the Fair Housing Act is one of the components of the Civil Rig...

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Insurance Coverage for the Disabled

The ADA, or Americans with Disability Act, and the MHPA, or Mental Health Parity Act, works to help protect the rights of all disabled individuals d...

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Laws against Religious Discrimination

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title VII of that Act protect employees and students from religious discrimination in the workplace and in the educ...

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Racial Discrimination Overview

Racial discrimination has occurred repeatedly throughout the history of mankind and it has happened all over the world. Racial discrimination occurr...

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Workplace Discrimination

Discrimination in the workplace can take place in one or more ways; bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, compensation and various...

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