Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 may be the easiest employment law for employers to understand and implement, attorney Robin Shea says.Title VII forbids discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, with some limited exceptions. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. The FEHA prohibits harassment based on a protected category against an employee, an applicant, an unpaid intern or volunteer, or a contractor. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, sex, color, or nationality. A careful case-by-case application of the principle of nondiscrimination to those particular activities which are actually discriminatory or segregated.