Full Description
On the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Raymond F. Gregory evaluates our progress towards the full implementation of one of the law's key provisions: Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace. Gregory looks at key litigation as the law has come to include discrimination based on more than just race, but on gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
From the segregationist policies of the past to lingering workplace oppression in the form of sexual harassment, age discrimination, and religious conflicts, the places we work have always been the scenes of some of our greatest civil rights battles. This study of the landmark cases and rulings, and debates surrounding workplace discrimination of all kinds sheds light on the cultural tensions we grapple with in America. Gregory also looks at the broader history of oppression suffered, recognized, and overcome, in the 50 years since this country passed its Civil Rights Act.
In addition to a detailed history of the legal history of civil rights and America's workplace discrimination, this book also outlines positive ways forward for our society as we continue to diversify and redefine what it means to be respectful of our fellow citizens' most inalienable, protected, and sacred rights.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Enactment of the Employment Discrimination Laws
Employment Discrimination Prior to 1964Enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967Part II. Early Employment Discrimination Cases
Proving Employment DiscriminationEarly Race Discrimination CasesEarly Sex Discrimination CasesEarly National Origin Discrimination CasesEarly Religious Discrimination CasesEarly Age Discrimination CasesPart III. Later Trends in the Development of the Employment Discrimination Laws
Congressional Amendment of Title VII and the ADEACurrent Trends in the Law Prohibiting Race Discrimination Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Sex Discrimination Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Discrimination of Pregnant Women Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Discrimination of Women with ChildrenSexual Harassment and the Sex Discrimination Prohibitions of Title VIIEmployer Liability for Employee Acts of Sexual HarassmentCurrent Trends in the Law Prohibiting National Origin DiscriminationCurrent Trends in the Law Prohibiting Religious DiscriminationThe Ministerial Exception to Title VII Prohibition of Religious DiscriminationAccommodating Employee Religious Beliefs and Practices Current Trends in the Law Prohibiting Age DiscriminationPart IV. Proving Employment Discrimination
21. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in Title VII Cases
22. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in ADEA Cases
Part V. More Recent Developments
23. The Gender Gap and the Lilly Ledbetter Case
24. Same Sex Sexual Harassment
25. Retaliation
26. Arbitration
Part VI. The EEOC and the Private Attorney
27. Political and Judicial Opposition to the Employment Discrimination Laws
28. The Roles of the EEOC and the Private Attorney
Part VII. The Future of the Employment Discrimination Laws
29. What Lay Ahead for the Employment Discrimination Laws?
Table of Cases
Endnotes
