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Laws

The rights of employees, students and applicants are protected under various federal and state laws.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.

  • Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/sec504.htm no "otherwise qualified handicapped individual" shall be excluded from participation in a program or activity receiving federal financial assistance ("college, university or other post-secondary institution, or a public system of higher education").

  • Title VII (Seven) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/vii.html declares employment discrimination based on sex illegal. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.

  • Title IX (Nine) Education Amendments of 1972: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm protects people from sex discrimination in educational programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

  • New York State Human Rights Law: http://www.dhr.state.ny.us/law_&_regulation_law.html outlaws discrimination based on sex.