Civil Rights Act of 1964


Recent Articles about Civil Rights Act of 1964

Terminating Pregnant Employees

Can you terminate an employee who is pregnant during her probation period?  Read more

Religious Discrimination: Keeping the Faith at Work

In the last few years, there has been a notable increase in the number of religious-discrimination lawsuits. Theologians hail this burst in litigation as ...  Read more

Employers Could Face More Discrimination Suits

A new Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for workers to sue for on-the-job discrimination.  Read more

Labor Unions and Small Business

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Affirmative Action

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Supreme Court Ruling Protects Employers

Workers now have less time to file claims of unlawful employment practices, such as discriminatory pay scales.  Read more

Law;

If you have trouble understanding your potential liability under federal hiring laws, you aren't alone. So do the judges who interpret them. In March, an...  Read more

Human Resources Management and the Law

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Racial Discrimination

Related Terms: Affirmative Action Racial...  Read more

The Best and Worst Interview Questions

There is a thin line between the questions you should and should not ask when interviewing a potential new hire. We help you to ask the right questions.  View slideshow

Supreme Court Mulls Definition of 'Small Business'

Jan. 20, 2006 --A workplace sexual-harassment case now facing the Supreme Court, which pits a New Orleans waitress against her former boss...  Read more

Employment Interviews

Related Terms: Employee Hiring Interviewing is...  Read more

Employee Hiring

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Employee Rights

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Obama Cracks Down on Use of Contractors

The IRS plans to audit 6,000 companies over the next three years in a bid to crack down on companies that erroneously classify employees as independent contr...  Read more

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established to enforce provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII forbids d...  Read more

Pregnancy in the Workplace

Related Terms: Family and Medic...  Read more

Stifled Growth

The myth of the 25th employee Frayda Levin hates federal regulations, from controls on age discrimination to rules on how to treat...  Read more

Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket

New Census data shows significantly higher startup rates among such groups.  Read more

Constructive Discharge

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Sexual Harassment

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Arbitration Can Be a Cheap, Quick Alternative to Lawsuits

Arbitration is an agreement to resolve a dispute outside court through presentation to a neutral arbitrator. After evidence is presented the arbitrator re...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs discuss how government regulations can stifle company growth; building a strong online presence; dealing with knockoffs; and smart e-mail marketing. Plu...  Read more

Letters

Inc. readers react to articles from the July 1998 issue of Inc., including Christopher Caggiano's "Psycho Path" and Burton L. Visotzky's "Bible in the Boardr...  Read more

The Pitfalls of Employee Leasing

Profile on the pitfalls of employee leasing: the myth of saving time, money, and hassles.  Read more

Would You Refuse to Hire Someone Wearing Dreadlocks?

The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is suing a Virginia company for denying a job to a Rastafarian who wouldn't cut his hair because of his reli...  Read more

Victims Rights

How to defend yourself against frivolous litigation.  Read more

Rehnquist's Law

Politically, the new chief justice is conservative and Republican all right. But legally, he's not so much pro-business as he is pro-government.  Read more

Feuding Families

A bitter court battle has pitted the employees of Oakland Scavenger against the "family" that owns it.  Read more

Equal Pay for Equal Work

A federal law, the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. ยง 206), requires employers to pay all employees equally for equal work, regardless of their gender. It was pa...  Read more

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Related Terms: Disabled Customers The Am...  Read more

Law and Disorder

How company owners can protect themselves from employee litigation.  Read more