Re: Constructive Discharge Claim – John Doe Scenario: A former employee, John Doe, has filed a claim against the company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, constructive discharge, after a work schedule policy change. The employee, who quit after the policy change took effect, is alleging that the enforcement of the company’s new policy on shift work is discriminatory because the policy requires employees to work on a religious holy day. In the past, production employees worked
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During the years 1955 – 1964 there were a significant amount of peaceful protests organised by groups like the SCLC, SNCC and NAACP. During this period there was a significant change in the progress of racial equality and it is clear that peaceful protest was a direct cause of the change. Earlier protests did things such as raising awareness, making smaller changes to state laws and showing that blacks had power without using violence. Later and bigger protests such as the March of Washington made
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Roosevelt. Many of the reform laws for which Johnson fought for were overshadowed by the crisis in Vietnam (Uncommon American, 2012). Lyndon Johnson won the election by the widest popular margin in American history (150,000 votes). He enacted the Civil Rights Act
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Americans. I believe that the most significant events that led to a final resolution were the Amendments and Civil Rights Acts passed and signed by our government. Although, it was hard for proper implementation of the laws at first, I believe that they were all extremely important building blocks for the movement to finally get to where it is today. The first event that started the Civil Rights Movement was the abolishment of slavery. Ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment did just this,
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maintenance technician for Washtenaw County, was fired for alleged insubordination. He had been employed by Washtenaw County for 17 years. ALM Media (2014) states that the suit was based on violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act and Title VII. Aboubaker, is a black man and a Muslim, he alleged race, national origin, and religious discrimination. He also was retaliated against, and was exposed to a hostile work environment. All claims were dismissed besides that he was
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Constructive Discharge As per your request I have completed the investigation regarding the claim of constructive discharge brought against the company by a former employee. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was created to protect against discrimination of an employee based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. As part of my investigation I reviewed legal references pertinent to this case. The company made a policy change to work schedules at the beginning of the new year. This new
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Obergefell v. Hodges 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4250 (2015) decision granting the LGBT community to legally marry, pushes the issue of including sexual orientation discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In July 2015, the high profile case of Obergefell v. Hodges allowed the Supreme Court to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment in which it requires states to issue marriage licenses between two individuals of the same sex. Prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, 37 states
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Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 42 U.S.C. §1981. The Equal Protection Clause says that states must treat every person equally under the law. A state can’t discriminate against a person or a group of people for no good reason (“Bill of Rights Institute...”); there must be a compelling government interest to rationalize any type of discrimination. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 says that programs that receive federal funding cannot discriminate
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days of religious celebrations would cause significant difficulties in staffing manufacturing lines and keeping up with productivity goals resulting in lost revenue and expenses. Regulations covered by the EEOC (Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) do include policies for ” Reasonable Accommodation & Religion” and the law requires an “employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs or practices, unless doing so would cause difficulty or expense for the employer”
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Historical Report on Race ETH/125 Historical Report on Race African Americans have had to endure many of things throughout history from navigator Pedro Alonso Niño traveling to the New World with Christopher Columbus, slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and finally the election of an African American president. With all of this in mind it is obvious that the African American race has come a long way from where they began. In 1492, navigator Pedro Alonso Niño traveled to the New World with
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