LAW 18B Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 35 Employment Discrimination: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Disparate Impact

• School: Long Beach City College
• Department: Business, Law
• Course: LAW 18B
• Professor: Professor Bernal

Document Summary

35-1 title vii of the civil rights act. Title vii prohibits job discrimination against employees, applicants, & union members on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, & gender at any stage of employment. The equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc) monitors compliance with. An employee alleging discrimination must file a claim with the eeoc before a lawsuit can be brought against the employer. The us supreme court limited the rights of employees to bring discrimination claims against their employer as a group or class. The rights did not affect the rights of individual employees to sue under title vii. Disparate-treatment discrimination: intentional discrimination by an employer against an employee. Prima facie case: prima facie case: a fact that is presumed to be true unless contradicted by evidence. Burden-shifting procedure: once prima facie case proved, burden of proof shifts to employer who must present defense & evidence.