Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 3 P50 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 478 DISCRIMINATION other groups including older . citizens and individuals with disabilities. The age discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ADEA 29 . 621 et seq. prohibits employers with 20 or more employees from discriminating because of age against employees over age 40. Industries affecting commerce as well as state and local governments are covered by the ADEA. Disabled individuals received federal protection against discrimination with the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 29 . 701 et seq. which prohibits any program activity receiving federal funds from denying access to a handicapped person. in 1990 Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA codified in scattered sections of titles 42 29 47 of the . . The ADA was widely hailed as the most significant piece of civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It provides even broader protection prohibiting discrimination against disabled individuals in employment public accommodations transportation and telecommunications. Victims of racial discrimination may also bring claims under other federal statutes. For instance in CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries 552 . _ 128 S. Ct. 1951 170 L. Ed. 2d 164 2008 the . Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs in race-based retaliation cases may bring causes of action under 42 . 1981 as well as Title Vii. The significance of this decision is that plaintiffs are no longer limited by the short statute of limitations in Title VII or by the damage caps imposed by Title Vii. Although discrimination on the basis of gender is included in Title Vii of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a number of other federal laws also prohibit sex discrimination. The equal pay act of 1963 29 . 206 d amended the FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT of 1938 29 . 201-219 . It prohibits discrimination that occurs through different forms of compensation for jobs with equal skill effort and responsibility. The pregnancy Discrimination Act of
