Employment Discrimination

Each of the laws below, enforced by the EEOC, Department of Labor, or Department of Justice, is hyperlinked to the text of the law on the EEOC or U.S. GPO website. Please note that these links are for quick reference, and the language found on each page should not be relied upon or cited to as the final authority. For the official, authenticated text of the law, see the PDF versions of Public and Private Laws on the GPO website, or see U.S. Statutes at Large in print at the Law Library.

Equal Pay Act of 1963

• Pub. L. 88-38; 77 Stat. 56
• "An Act: To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce."
• Legislative documents available through HeinOnline U.S. Statutes at Large Library
• Legislative Histories available through the sources listed here (note: click the link at the top "Articles that cite this public law number" for one-stop shopping). 

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Pub. L. 88-352; 78 Stat. 241, 253
• Legislative histories are available through the HeinOnline Legislative History Library
• The full text of the Act available through HeinOnline Statutes at Large Library
  •  Title I begins on p. 240; Title VII begins on 253

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

• Public Law 90-202; 81 Stat. 602
• "An Act: To prohibit age discrimination in employment."
• Legislative Histories available through HeinOnline Legislative History Library
• Statute at Large available through HeinOnline U.S. Statutes at Large Library

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Public Law 93-112; 87 Stat. 355
• Legislative Histories available through ProQuest Congressional
• Statute at Large available through HeinOnline U.S. Statutes at Large Library

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

• Pub. L. No. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327
• Legislative Histories available through HeinOnline Legislative History Library
• Statute at Large available through HeinOnline Statutes at Large Library
  • The ADA begins on p. 327 of the Statutes at Large volume

Civil Rights Act of 1991

• Pub. L. 102-166; 105 Stat. 1071
• Legislative History information available through the HeinOnline Legistlative History Library

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

• "An Act: To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment."
• Pub. L. 110-233; 122 Stat. 881
• Legislative Histories available through ProQuest Congressional
• Statute at Large available through HeinOnline Statutes at Large Library

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

• Pub. L. No. 111-2; 123 Stat. 5
• Legislative Histories available through ProQuest Congressional
• Statute at Large available through HeinOnline Statutes at Large Library

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (proposed)

• "An Act: To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity."
• Available in Leyburn Library's government documents at Y 1.1/5:113-105
• Online at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s815/text