Regulations

Regulations

HRM 402

11/24/2013

Civil Rights Act

According to Trish Morales, the civil rights act is the most significant in employee relations”. This act forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This Act was passed in 1964. The reason this Act is very important to the work environment is because it ensures that fair standards are practiced in the employment industry. This act was amended in 1991 to include age and disability.

The reason this Act was enacted was because African Americans were often denied the basic rights of the American citizen. The law was passed because it was long over due. The fuss was alarming in 1955 after Rosa Parks refused to get up from her seat in a bus to let a white person sit down. King was appointed president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and achieved buss integration in Montgomery. In 1956, Fred shuttles worth began the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in Birmingham, Alabama, organizing his own boycott of the downtown busses even though he wasn’t as successful as King. In 1960 the sit-ins became popular in the Carolinas and spread quickly across the south. In 1961 the freedom ride started; they also swept across the south. 1962 King went to Albany, Georgia to tackle segregation there, but was defeated by the white forces there. The events in spring of 1963 forced Kennedy to administer a civil rights bill to congress on June 19, 1963. Johnson signed the bill on July 2, 1964. (Mann)

Sexual discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) states that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII. In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment could be sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII. The case of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson ruled that speech in itself could create a hostile environment, which violates the law. (Mann)

In 1972, the Congress passed the Equal Employment Opportunity...