EEOC How To Guidebook, In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act. It prohibits
discrimination in the workplace based on religion, color, race, sex, or
national origin. Title VII cleared the way for those who suffer employment
discrimination to file lawsuits. Since then, federal courts expanded
discrimination to include age (40 or over), disability, union activity, and
pregnancy.
To deal with claims of discrimination in the
workplace, the federal government created the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC).
Since 1964, all 50 states have enacted their own
employment discrimination laws. Many of the state laws are similar to the
federal civil rights laws, but offer additional protections including job
discrimination based on marital status, sexual preference, or disability. These
state discrimination laws are the Fair Employment Practice Acts (FEPA).
You cannot file an employment discrimination
lawsuit
without receiving written permission to do so from the
EEOC or a FEPA
agency.
To receive permission, you must first make your way through the EEOC or
FEPA administrative process and that's exactly what you're learning about today.
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