Civil Rights Act and the Battle to End Workplace Discrimination (eBook)

Raymond F. Gregory practiced law for over 40 years in New York City, first as a member of a mid-sized law firm and later as the leader of his own firm. He focused his practice on civil rights law, representing workers confronting discrimination in employment, including discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion, and national origin.

IntroductionPart I. Enactment of the Employment Discrimination LawsEmployment Discrimination Prior to 1964Enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967Part II. Early Employment Discrimination CasesProving 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 LawsCongressional 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 Discrimination21. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in Title VII Cases22. Later Developments in Proving Discrimination in ADEA CasesPart V. More Recent Developments23. The Gender Gap and the Lilly Ledbetter Case24. Same Sex Sexual Harassment25. Retaliation26. ArbitrationPart VI. The EEOC and the Private Attorney27. Political and Judicial Opposition to the Employment Discrimination Laws28. The Roles of the EEOC and the Private Attorney Part VII. The Future of the Employment Discrimination Laws29. What Lay Ahead for the Employment Discrimination Laws?Table of CasesEndnotes