The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA) has been amended/modified by subsequent laws to include such protections as AGE, PREGNANCY and DISABILITY
The CRA applies to governmental and large employers more so than to small employers. The protections of the CRA are not mandatory upon employers who employ less than a certain number of employees (usually 25 – 50) who do not engage in business with the government.
Harris Forkliftestablished the “hostile (abusive) work environment” standard regarding sexual harassment.
Disparate Impactdiscrimination in employment results from action of the employer ‘impacting’ workers in an illegal manner although the rule being enforced does not, on its face, discriminate. E.g., a rule requiring shaving beards is religiously and racially neutral but discriminates against certain religious groups who do not shave and against African-American men who disproportionately have skin irritation from shaving
Disparate Treatmentdiscrimination in employment is generally easier to identify than Disparate Impact Discrimination. Disparate Treatment discrimination is indicated by actions taken by the employer which violate law. E.g., employers refusing to promote women.
Sole Proprietorships expose the owner to unlimited liability for the business and for the employees’ actions
A Sole Proprietor can purchase insurance for accidents and mishaps of the business – but insurance will not protect the proprietor from breach of contract issues.
A Partnershipis similar to a Sole Proprietorship regarding unlimited liability issues, but in addition, a partner is exposed to liability for the actions of the partner(s).
Corporations are governed by Boards of Directors – who are usually elected by the shareholders. Board members are notemployees of the corporation, generally.
Limited Liability Companies share the same Liabilityprotection as corporations and LLCs are owned by MEMBERSnot shareholder/stockholders.
Contracts, generally, are enforceable only when in written form
Written formallows greater evidence of the contract and its terms
A contract is a legally enforceableagreement
Contracts for the sale of real estatemust be in writing to be enforceable.
Contracts of greater than one-yearduration must be in writing to be enforceable
Contracts of large amounts of money(usually greater than 1500 dollars) do not need to be in written form to be enforceable.
The Employment at Willdoctrine exists where written contracts are not present.
An employee can have a written contract that supersedes the Employment at Will doctrine.
Union contracts do not supersede the Employment at Will doctrine.
Employment at Will doctrine does not allow the firingof an employee for any reason.
Employment at Will allows the employee to quitfor any reason at any time, but the employee must give a ‘twoweeknotice.’
A Constructive Dismissalof an employee occurs where the employee is subject to intolerable conditions.
A Constructive Dismissal allows the employee to receive Unemployment Compensation or other compensation.
Insuranceis intended for anticipated and relatively predictable occurrences. An example of an insurable event is a predictable home repair to a furnace or air conditioning system.
Insurance should be differentiated from benefits or coverage for regular and anticipated costs.
Intellectual Propertyis an asset that results from an individual’s (or entity’s) efforts and is an intangible asset.
Copyrightsare intellectual property and, generally, must be formally filed to perfect ownership of the intangible asset.
Copyrights, under modern law, are the property of the owner/maker for the lifetime of the maker plus a number ofyears (usually 70 years).
Patentsare intellectual property and, generally, are inventions with exclusive ownership granted for a limited time-thereupon the invention becomes publicly available.
Trademarksare recognizable signs, designs or expressions which differentiate an owned product or service.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Paper
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