Employers have the proper to make employment-related decisions that are crucial to a company’s success. Even so, some of them tend to abuse their power by subjecting their workers to illegal employment practices.
1 of these practices is producing decisions that are based on an applicant or employee’s protected characteristics. The law tries to protect employees against workplace discrimination by imposing federal anti-discrimination laws, which consist of the following:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
It prohibits employers from performing discriminatory practices against workers or applicants on the basis of color, race, sex, religion, age, disability, national origin. In addition, it protects workers from retaliation if they have asserted their rights in workplace or filed a discrimination complaint.
Title VII applies to private employers who have at least 15 workers, employment agencies, labor organizations, the federal government, state governments and their political agencies and subdivisions, and joint labor management committees that control trainings and apprenticeships.
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