Fill out the form below to share the job Fifth Circuit Upends 'Ultimate Employment Decision' Requirement for Title VII Discrimination Claims. One section of the Act, referred to as Title VII, prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion and national origin.Employment laws and Wage and Hour laws help protect employees from discrimination or unlawful treatment. Title VII forbids discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, with some limited exceptions. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that protects employees against discrimination based on certain specified characteristics. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it "an unlawful employment practice for an employer . . . The NAACP's legal strategy against segregated education culminated in the 1954 Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.