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The Office of Labor Management Standards

In 1959, Congress passed the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to make sure that labor unions met certain fiscal responsibility standards and to guarantee that unions would incorporate democratic principles into their governing structures. Congress created the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports, which in 1963 became the Labor-Management Services Administration, to administer the LMRDA. In 1984, the Labor-Management Services Administration became known as the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). More...

ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was passed to protect disabled workers from employment discrimination. Under the ADA, most employers, including state and local governments, are prohibited from denying employment opportunities to disabled workers who can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation. Employers who cannot provide a necessary reasonable accommodation without undue hardship can escape liability under the ADA. More...

Taft-Hartley National Emergency Injunctions

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Overview

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the primary anti-discrimination statute for the workplace. Title VII, which covers nearly all employers with 15 or more employees, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Although the United States government is not considered to be an "employer" under Title VII, federal employees are protected from discrimination in separate provisions. Labor unions and employment agencies are also controlled by Title VII. Although the law provides extensive remedy provisions, Title VII was mainly designed to stop impermissible discrimination before it occurs. More...

The National Center for the Workplace

In 1992, Congress sought to address "problems created by the simultaneous convergence of broad economic, social, cultural, political, and technological changes in the workplace" and established the National Center for the Workplace (NCW). More...