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The Equal Pay Act of 1963

In 1963, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in an effort to equalize the largely disparate pay received by men and women who were performing the same job. The Act was an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Under the Act, Congress...

Federal Employee Labor Union Rights and Duties

Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, known as the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, sets forth the law under which federal agency employees may be represented by a union or other labor organization for collective...

Collective Bargaining and the Railway Labor Act of 1926

Background

The Railway Labor Act of 1926 (RLA) was passed to govern the relationships between labor and management in the railroad industry. Ten years later, the airline industry was added to the jurisdiction of the...

Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace

Historically, employers, both public and private, were free to discriminate against employees or applicants because of their sexual orientation, which includes homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality. It was not illegal to fire, refuse to...

HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination and

HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination And State And Local Law

Background

Thousands of American workers are infected with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or the human...