Employment discrimination generally exists where an employer treats an applicant or employee less favorably merely because of a person's protected class. The Civil Rights Division enforces state and federal laws.Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark law enacted in terms of leveling the playing field for potential job applicants and employees. Title VII prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group. This process applies to all complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. How are complaints filed? Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1972, Title VI, Title VII Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX (P. Compliance with the relevant civil rights laws in the funding programs it administers. Shell, 519 U.S. 337, 346 (1997) (in Title VII retaliation context, "employees" includes former employees).