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How Title VII Affects the Workplace Paper
The last decade has produced an explosion of racial employment discrimination lawsuits. These lawsuits have resulted in record-breaking settlements. By federally mandating every business to review the history, impact and proposed policy of Article VII these lawsuits may subside. Reviewing Title VII is a step corporate America must soon make or continue to loose much needed revenue. Our team will discuss the history of Title VII, the impact of Title VII in the workplace, who is and who is not covered under Title VII as well as propose policies that companies should have in place to avoid Title VII violations.
The Evolution of Title VII and its Amendments
Title VII covers many issues under employee's rights regarding the Civil Right Act of 1964, however there other titles created under this Act (Bennett-Alexander, D., & Hartman, L., 2007). "The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 also created the legal basis for nondiscrimination in voting, education, public accommodation and federally assisted programs" (Bennett-Alexander, D., & Hartman, L., 2007). When slavery ended our country was forced to develop a bond with people that had no social or legal relationship with the rest of the world. Because of this separation, Jim Crow laws were developed. This law regulated the separation of blacks and whites in every aspect of life and therefore discrimination was practiced. Racial discrimination was the driving force behind the enactment of Title VII which states that "(1) it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex or national origin. (2) limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual...