Title VII
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, also known as Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) mandates, prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against applicants and employees in all aspects of employment — including recruiting, hiring, pay, promotion, training and termination — on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or gender.
Employment decisions, therefore, must be made on the basis of business necessity, not on an employee's or applicant's membership in a protected class. There are exceptions to Title VII that allow you to require that an applicant be a certain race, color, religion, or gender. These exceptions are known as bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs). BFOQs are rarely used because they are exceedingly difficult to justify.
Areas most affected by Title VII include job advertisements, job qualifications, hiring decisions, job applications, interviews, discipline, and termination.
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