Civil Rights
This is FindLaw’s collection of Civil Rights articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. A civil right is an enforceable right or privilege, which if interfered with by another gives rise to an action for injury. Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, press, and assembly, the right to vote, freedom from involuntary servitude, and the right to equality in public places. Corporations have been gaining more civil rights in the courts throughout the years. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Civil Rights Articles
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EEOC Provides Limited Guidance to Hospitality and Food Service Employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act
The EEOC recently joined forces with the FDA in an attempt to reconcile a food service employer's duties under the ADA to accommodate employees that may be disabled by food pathogens, with the employer's duty under the FDA's Food Code, to prevent ...
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EEOC’s Guidance on Psychiatric Disabilities and the ADA
On March 26, 1997, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made another attempt to explain the coverage and practical application of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by issuing a new policy guidance entitled, "The Americans with ...
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EEOC’S New Guidance on National Origin Discrimination & English-Only Rules
SCENARIO: Two olive-skinned, full-bearded men of Arab descent sit in your break room discussing a party they both attended over the weekend. Nothing is unusual except that the conversation is spoken in Arabic only. Two of your non-Arab employees ...
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Effective Investigations of Harassment Complaints
The first step in an effective procedure is identifying the person who will be responsible for investigating complaints. Should litigation over an allegation of harassment eventually occur, the investigator is a first and irreplaceable line of ...
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Employer Quandaries On Same-Sex Marriage
In Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently decided that under the Constitution of the Commonwealth, it is unlawful to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. As a result, it is possible that ...
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Employers Hiring Temp Workers Need New Contract Provisions
On December 22, 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a guidance that explains when temporary worker agencies and their company clients are responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to disabled workers. This ...
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Employers May Discriminate in Favor of Their Most Senior Employees
The US Supreme Court recently addressed to what extent an employer may discriminate against its younger workers in favor of its most senior employees. At issue was a collective bargaining agreement which eliminated health care benefits for ...
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Employment: Americans With Disability Act Supreme Court Confirms: There’s More to Life Than Work
The United States Supreme Court has again made it harder for people to bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In a decision likely to have a significant impact on assessment of future ADA claims, the United States Supreme Court has ...
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Employment Discrimination in Alabama
Federal law prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, national origin, legal alienage, sex, pregnancy, religion, age, disability and union activity. While most state laws protect workers on the same grounds as federal law, Alabama ...
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Employment/Economic Opportunities for Lower Income Persons and Businesses (Section 3)
Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968 requires, to the greatest extent feasible, that recipients of HUD funds (and their contractors and subcontractors) provide jobs and other economic opportunities to low-income persons, particularly public housing ...
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