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The Civil Rights Act and the battle to end workplace discrimination : a 50 year history /

On reaching the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, the author evaluates progress towards the full implementation of one of the law's key provisions: Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace. The author looks at key litigation as the law has come to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregory, Raymond F., 1927- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Discrimination in employment > Law and legislation > United States.
Discrimination in employment > Law and legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781442237230
1442237236
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Employment discrimination prior to 1964
  • Enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
  • Proving employment discrimination
  • Early race discrimination cases
  • Early sex discrimination cases
  • Early national origin discrimination cases
  • Early religious discrimination cases
  • Early age discrimination cases
  • Congressional amendment of Title VII and the ADEA
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting race discrimination
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting sex discrimination
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting discrimination of pregnant women
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting discrimination of women with children
  • Sexual harassment and the sex discrimination prohibitions of Title VII
  • Employer liability for employee acts of sexual harassment
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting national origin discrimination
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting religious discrimination
  • The ministerial exception
  • Accommodating employee religious beliefs and practices
  • Current trends in the law prohibiting age discrimination
  • Later developments in proving discrimination in Title VII cases
  • Later developments in proving discrimination in ADEA cases
  • The gender gap and the Lilly Ledbetter case
  • Same sex sexual harassment
  • Retaliation
  • Arbitration
  • Political and judicial opposition to the employment discrimination laws
  • The roles of the EEOC and the private attorney
  • What lies ahead for the employment discrimination laws?

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