Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Sex. The 1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) prohibits treating someone differently or unfavorably because of that person's sex.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. Act, as amended, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended, prohibits. In Massachusetts, current and prospective workers are protected from discriminatory employment actions under federal and state law. Unlike Massachusetts law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not specifically include sexual orientation or gender identity as protected classes. Employers and their employees can't aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce unlawful discriminatory acts or try to do so. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act (M. Suant to title III of the Civil-Rights Act of 1960 (42 U.S.C. 1974-. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is charged with administering Title VII of the.