- Cases must allege specific violations of prohibited factors (race, etc.)
Title VII: The Biggie
Equal Pay Act
- Gender, salary/wage discrimination
- Better relief available than under other statutes
- Sex discrimination in education
- Includes employment discrimination
- Federal funds recipients
- Can’t discriminate on the basis of race or national origin
- Originally the 1866 Civil Rights Act
- Everyone has same rights as white citizens to form contracts
- Covers discrimination based on ethnicity
- Different than national origin
- Thus not vs. Canadians, but yes vs. Jews (but not Catholics! not an ethnicity)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Twins, but ADA more important
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Can threaten to cut off federal funds
- Produced “voluntary” compliance
- Statutes against discrimination
- Constitutions
- Municipal ordinances
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress