http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free legal forms and free legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/how-does-title-vii-specifically-prohibit-disc.html <p>Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.</p> <p>Equal employment opportunity cannot be denied any person because of his/her racial group or perceived racial group, his/her race-linked characteristics (e.g., hair texture, color, facial features), or because of his/her marriage to or association with someone of a particular race or color. Title VII also prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions about abilities, traits, or the performance of individuals of certain racial groups. Title VII's prohibitions apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity.</p> <p>It is unlawful to discriminate against any individual in regard to recruiting, hiring and promotion, transfer, work assignments, performance measurements, the work environment, job training, discipline and discharge, wages and benefits, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. Title VII prohibits not only intentional discrimination, but also neutral job policies that disproportionately affect persons of a certain race or color and that are not related to the job and the needs of the business. Employers should adopt &quot;best practices&quot; to reduce the likelihood of discrimination and to address impediments to equal employment opportunity.</p> Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:39:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/can-an-employer-s-hiring-recruitment-or-promo.html <p>Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.</p> <p>Equal employment opportunity cannot be denied any person because of his/her racial group or perceived racial group, his/her race-linked characteristics (e.g., hair texture, color, facial features), or because of his/her marriage to or association with someone of a particular race or color. Title VII also prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions about abilities, traits, or the performance of individuals of certain racial groups. Title VII's prohibitions apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity.</p> <p>It is unlawful to discriminate against any individual in regard to recruiting, hiring and promotion, transfer, work assignments, performance measurements, the work environment, job training, discipline and discharge, wages and benefits, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. Title VII prohibits not only intentional discrimination, but also neutral job policies that disproportionately affect persons of a certain race or color and that are not related to the job and the needs of the business. Employers should adopt &quot;best practices&quot; to reduce the likelihood of discrimination and to address impediments to equal employment opportunity.</p> Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:41:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/is-it-fair-for-my-race-or-color-to-affect-my-.html Title VII prohibits offensive conduct, such as racial or ethnic slurs, racial &quot;jokes,&quot; derogatory comments, or other verbal or physical conduct based on an individual's race/color. The conduct has to be unwelcome and offensive, and has to be severe or pervasive. Employers are required to take appropriate steps to prevent and correct unlawful harassment. Likewise, employees are responsible for reporting harassment at an early stage to prevent its escalation. Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:51:43 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/can-compensation-or-the-granting-of-privilege.html Title VII prohibits discrimination in compensation and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Thus, race or color discrimination may not be the basis for differences in pay or benefits, work assignments, performance evaluations, training, discipline or discharge, or any other area of employment. Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:58:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/can-employers-group-or-classify-employees-in-.html Title VII is violated where employees who belong to a protected group are segregated by physically isolating them from other employees or from customer contact. In addition, employers may not assign employees according to race or color. For example, Title VII prohibits assigning primarily African-Americans to predominantly African-American. Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:02:03 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/can-i-be-retaliated-against-for-having-oppose.html Employees have a right to be free from retaliation for their opposition to discrimination or their participation in an EEOC proceeding by filing a charge, testifying, assisting, or otherwise participating in an agency proceeding. Race Discrimination FAQs Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:11:38 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Race-Discrimination/Federal/what-are-the-statistics-regarding-last-year-s.html In fiscal year 2006, EEOC received 27,238 charges of race discrimination. EEOC resolved 25,992 race charges in FY 2006, and recovered $61.4 million in monetary benefits for charging parties and other aggrieved individuals (not including monetary benefits obtained through litigation). 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