Within the legislation of the Civil Rights Act was Title VII, which was considered to be the "employment" section of the act. ... Employers were forced to revamp their entire strategies and bases for hiring and treating employees. ... The first came in 1972 with the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. ... The next amendment came in the form of the Pregnancy Discrimination act of 1978. ... The largest amendment to Title VII however, took place with the Civil Rights Act of 1991. ...

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This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This amendment was the guidance that American leaders needed to change the policies under which schools, business and local state and federal government adopted a new era and developed new strategies in which "business" was conducted. In 1972 the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was implemented. Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ...

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I believe the Privacy Act of 1974 protects individuals on all their personal records to include medical records. ... This is often based on the impact of future strategies that may not be visible by the masses. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 should generally seen as a standard or rightful screen when scrubbing people for hire or release. ...

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Civil Right and Racial Discrimination The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is applicable to private and public employers (except federal employers) and protects all members of other ethnic groups (i.e., whites, blacks, Asians, etc ) from racial discrimination. ... The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states under the 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-(Alexander, 2001). ... Since the Supreme Court only issues rulings regarding cases ac...

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As an Employee you have a right to: To be given a written statement of the terms and conditions of your employment Be allowed to choose whether or not you join a trade union Not to be discriminated against on grounds of race or sex To be paid (unless you are a voluntary worker) To work in an environment which conforms to the Health and Safety at Work Act. ...

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Discretion being defined as the ability or power to decide responsibly or the freedom to act or judge on ones own, in this instance still according to the law and regardless of ones own prejudices. ... Discretion is used at the individual level such as patrolling strategies, decisions to arrest, stop and frisk, write a report, and also the administrative or departmental level such as manpower levels, allocation of personnel and resources, policies, and training. ... Policies limit their discretion and give the police guidelines to act upon. ... Also from experience it seems that less experi...

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Charles Canady of Florida also proposed this bill), a bill known as "Equal Opportunity Act of 1995" which would make all forms of affirmative action undertaken by the federal government on the basis of race, color, national origin, and gender unlawful. ... Affirmative action is a strategy for curing what ails our society's institutions, which are still plagued with discriminatory attitudes and practices that exclude millions of well-qualified and worthy people from mainstream America. ...

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The Glass Ceiling As we approach the millenium the workforce is flourishing. In this new age era people would like the think that the hiring, and promotional processes within the workplace are fair as well as inparcial; however, there does still exist road blocks for a few groups. The glas...

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