AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Pregnancy Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: Jones

Document Summary

Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin in hiring, firing, compensating, training, and other employment related processes. Extends benefits of title vii to pregnant women. An employer cannot refuse to hire a pregnant woman, fire her, or force her to take maternity leave unless the employer can establish a bona fide occupational qualification defense. The active recruitment of minority applicants although courts also have used the remedy to impose numerical. Affirmative action that directs an employer to remed the underrepresentation of a given race or gender in a traditionally segregated job by considering an individuals race or gender when hiring or promoting. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, verbal and physical conduct of sexual nature constitute sexual harassment. Employers should measure a relative worth of different jobs through a job evaluation rating system that is free of any potential gender bias.