Prohibiting Descrimination

In the year 1964 the federal of Civil Rights Act was passed which prohibits employers from making decisions on employment based on an applicant’s color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), or ethnicity. On top of the Civil Rights Act are federal laws which also prohibit employers from judging based on age (if an employee is younger than 18 or over 40 years old), genes, or disability. If an employer with little to 15 employees are accountable to the laws. Employers with at least 20 employees must adhere to the law.   

Employers must know that they are not allowed to discriminate in any circumstance. This circumstance begins from job listings, interviews, hiring decisions. Discrimination should not be allowed when deciding on promotions, benefits, compensation, discipline, layoffs, and termination. Under no circumstance is discriminating going to be acceptable in a professional environment. 

New Mexico also bans discrimination based on these attributes. In addition, New Mexico organization may not discriminate based on an employee’s serious medical condition, use of domestic violence leave, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. If a business has about four employees they must comply with most laws provided above. For employers with 15 or more employees, they are covered by the laws based on gender identity, sexual orientation discrimination, marital status discrimination.