Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in all aspects of employment. Requires recipients of federal contracts and grants to take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote and retain qualified women and minorities. These amendments state that no person shall on the basis of sex, religion, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. These amendments were established for educational institutions and agencies receiving federal funds, criteria for eliminating discrimination from educational services and programs as well as their employment policies and practices. Gives state agencies the right to take necessary actions to ensure non-discrimination in employment on part of contractors.
Violation can result in contract termination.
Prohibits unequal wages for women and men who are employed at the same establishment and who perform equal jobs requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. Wage differentials resulting from seniority, merit or wage systems that base earnings on quality, quantity or production and not the sex of the employees do not violate the Equal Pay Act. Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 Prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or other related conditions. Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 Requires employers who are government contractors to take affirmative action to hire and promote qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. This act makes it illegal for employers to knowingly hire aliens.