Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. An electronic copy of this Comprehensive Civil Rights Plan is available on.Brokken brings two Title VII claims: (1) direct religious discrimination and (2) failure to accommodate. • The Minnesota Human Rights Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Allows compensatory and punitive damages for intentional employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability. In 1993, it became the first state-level anti-discrimination law in the nation to expressly ban discrimination against transgender people. Many people are surprised to learn that most jobs in the U.S. are considered atwill employment. United States District Court, District of Minnesota, Fourth Division. No. 4-74-555, June 3, 1975.