Employment Law.pptVIP

Discrimination in Employment:Understanding the Legalities In this session we will: Look at how discrimination spurred the legislation in the 1960’s and 1970’s that created the notion of Equal Opportunity. Examine several landmark cases and the resulting laws that employers must abide by. History of EEO Legislation Before 1964, there was a history of discrimination in the U.S., primarily against people of color and women. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the cities of Selma and Birmingham (AL), and Memphis (TN) played pivotal roles in bringing racial discrimination to the attention