Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees working 20 or more weeks a year. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.The purpose of these Guidelines is to establish minimum affirmative action and equal employment opportunity standards and provide a consistent framework. Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the law. Minnesota Law Review. 21967. In order to preserve state claims of discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act a charge must be filed within one year from the discrimination. • United States Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII. • United States Equal Pay Act of 1963. Alleging sexual harassment and discrimination based on sex in violation of Title VII of the. Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq.