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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Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII. Women affected ...
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Facts About Race/Color Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin, sex, or religion. It is unlawful to discriminate against any employee or applicant for ...
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Facts About Religious Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion in hiring, firing, and other terms and conditions of employment. The Act also requires employers to reasonably ...
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Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which took effect July 26, 1992, prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with ...
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Failure to Perform Essential Job Function Defense in ADEA Action
Shorette was a 60-year-old manager of a branch store of a local Maine pharmacy chain. Rite Aid then acquired the entire chain, converted most stores into Rite Aid stores, and installed new in-store computer systems. During the transition, Rite Aid ...
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Failure To Take Prescribed Medication Dooms ADA Claim: Law Alert: Issue 62
© 2000-2001 Nixon Peabody LLP In Sutton v. United Air Lines, 1999 U.S. LEXIS 4371 (June 22, 1999), the Supreme Court held that the determination as to whether someone was disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act “should be made with ...
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Fair Credit Reporting
If you've ever applied for a charge account, a personal loan, insurance, or a job, there's a file about you. This file contains information on where you work and live, how you pay your bills, and whether you've been sued, arrested, or filed for ...
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February 2004 Benefits Alert: Supreme Court Saves Benefits Plans from “Reverse Discrimination” Claims
In a closely-watched case, the Supreme Court has held that an employer may provide benefits to a select group of older employees while not providing the same benefits to a similar group of younger employees even though the younger employees are also ...
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Federal Court Defers To Employer’s Assessment of Essential Job Functions in ADA Case
As many employers have recognized, some employees with impairments that may or may not qualify as "disabilities" under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seek to use their medical status to eliminate undesirable tasks or obtain special ...
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Federal District Court Denies Indefinite Entitlement To Temporary Light Duty Positions
The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois recently ruled that an employer's revised medical layoff policy -- which removed injured employees with permanent medical restrictions from light duty jobs and placed them on ...
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