Sex Discrimination at Work在工作中的性别歧视.pptVIP

Sex discrimination at work covered under Equal Pay Act 1963 (amended FLSA 1938) Executive Order 11375 Title VII of Civil Rights Act 1964, as amended by Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 1978 and Civil Rights Act, 1991 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is an Act of Congress enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 stating that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new discriminatory paycheck. The law was a direct answer to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), a U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the statute of limitations for presenting an equal-pay lawsuit begins at the date the pay was agreed upon, not at the date of the most recent paycheck, as a lower court had ruled Early cases Diaz v Pan Am 1971 - gender was not a legitimate “BFOQ” bona fide occupational qualification for work of flight attendant Dothard v Rawlinson 1977 - gender was a BFOQ in prison setting - not hiring women for guards in all male prison was reasonable EEOC defines sexual harassment as … unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individuals employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individuals work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Early Case Barnes v Costle 1977 – first time sexual harassment defined as illegal sex discrimination – quid pro quo form /p/articles/mi_qa3757/is_200001/ai_n8892390/pg_9 Meritor Sa