by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is Title VII of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964? The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the most comprehensive statute dedicated to protecting the civil rights of individuals. For purposes of this chapter, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) is wholly dedicated...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Genetic Information and Non-Discrimination Act? The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) prohibits employers (those covered by Title VII) from discriminating (hiring, firing, refusing to hire, or otherwise discriminating) based upon an employee...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is the Equal Pay Act of 1963? The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (Equal Pay Act) was an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act and a pre-cursor to the Civil Rights Act. The Equal Pay Act works in conjunction with the Civil Rights Act to prohibit sex-based...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is Disparate Treatment? Disparate Treatment involves direct discriminatory treatment of an employee by the employer (or the employer’s representative). The plaintiff must convince the court that the employer intentionally discriminated against the...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
What is Disparate Impact? Disparate impact is a form of discrimination that involves a policy or practice that is not primarily motivated by a discriminatory purpose but has a discriminatory impact on a protected class of individual. What is Required to Show Disparate...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination
Sexual harassment and hostile work environment are two types of intentional discriminatory conduct based upon the actions or inactions of the employer (or its agents) are. Note: These types of conduct is that they are not subject to a bona fide occupational...
