Title VII Paper

Today's employment practices were defined by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law sanction in the year 1964 bans discrimination in employment based on religion, national origin, race, color, or gender. From the beginning, Title VII has advanced the laws regarding anti-discrimination. The laws are intended to "promote fairness, equality, and opportunity within the workplace" (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2003, p. 5). This paper will reflect on the history and evolution of Title VII …

…sex discrimination. Supreme Court's Gilbert decision in 1976 was reversed because of this legislation. Several Supreme Court decisions rendered in the 1980s were overturned because of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 passed by Congress (www.eeoc.gov). References Bennett-Alexander and Hartman. (2001). Employment Law for Business <Tab/>New York: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing. http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-race.html. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on <Tab/>February 26, 2005.