Plaintiff seeks to recover damages from her employer for employment discrimination and sexual harassment. Plaintiff states in her complaint that the acts of the defendant are so outrageous that punitive damages are due up to and including attorney fees.
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Age. Age discrimination involves treating someone (an applicant or employee) less favorably because of age. Disability. Genetic Information. Unlawful Workplace Harassment (Harassment) ... National Origin. Pregnancy. Race/Color. Religion.
Plaintiff-Appellant Warnether Muhammad filed this Title VII suit against his employer, Caterpillar, Inc., alleging that his co-workers created a hostile work environment based in part on his sexual orientation, and that his supervisor unlawfully retaliated against him by suspending him after he complained about the ...
Title VII is the primary federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on: Race. Religion. National origin.
Examples of Title VII violations include: Making sexist comments that a woman belongs in the kitchen as opposed to an office. Denying a job offer to an African American job applicant who is as qualified as the Caucasian applicant you hired. Refusing to allow Muslims prayer time throughout the day.
Title VII is the primary federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on: Race. Religion. National origin.
The main purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 is “to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, and for other purposes.” It made the Civil Rights Act of 1964 more inclusive and it allowed for more expansive approaches to damages relating to discriminatory employment practices.
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 amends several sections of Title VII to strengthen and improve Federal civil rights laws and provide for the recovery of compensatory damages in Federal sector cases of intentional employment discrimination.
Discrimination in the private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution, but has become subject to a growing body of federal and state law, including the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act cover employers with 15 or more employees, while the Age Discrimination in Employment Act covers employers with 20 or more employees.