Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (Title VII), which
prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay
Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex - based wage discrimination; the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which
prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, which
prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act of 2008 (GINA), which
prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee; and the Civil Rights
Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of
intentional employment discrimination.
Under the Affordable Care
Act, rescission is illegal except in cases of fraud or
intentional misrepresentation of material fact as
prohibited by the terms of the plan or coverage.