Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Employees who want to file a complaint of discrimination and preserve their legal rights must contact the EEO office within 45 calendar days of occurrence.Title IX Non-Discrimination Statement. Title VII was meant to end the employment discrimination that was keeping African Americans and others in poverty. Title VII's ban on employment discrimination set up a whole new concept that private employers could not discriminate in the workplace. Civil Rights Act would serve as a greater deterrent to discrimination in the. Spalding for sex-based discrimination under Title VII. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) prohibit discrimination based upon an employee's national origin. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Discrimination Law in the Age of Algorithms, 71 S.C. L. REV.