"Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It goes on to include the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older" (EEOC).
Human resource departments of today must keep apprised of current employment laws in addition to the health and welfare of its employees. …