Riordan Employee Discrimination Case Study
Riordan Employee Discrimination Case Study
Riordan Manufacturing is a company that designs, manufactures, and sells plastic goods that include parts for items such as fan’s, and water containers. They have locations in three states in the United Sates, and employ a wide range of individuals with diverse backgrounds and orientations. In a day and age of strict rules protecting the rights of all peoples regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin it is advised that Riordan take the necessary steps to insure that they protected from potential discrimination lawsuits by informing all company managers and employees of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individual state law regarding discrimination, different types of discrimination, employee rights, and the companies responsibility regarding this issue.
The EEOC was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII (1964), with the mission of eradicating discrimination in the workplace. The EEOC enforces Title VII, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) (1967), which prohibits employment discrimination against individuals 40 years of age and older; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) (1963), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in compensation for substantially similar work under similar conditions; and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), which prohibits employment discrimination against federal employees and applicants with disabilities and requires that reasonable accommodations be provided. Riordan employees who have complaints regarding the above acts can contact their human recourses representative or the EEOC directly.
The ADA is the most comprehensive federal civil rights legislation protecting the rights of people...
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