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Race Discrimination in Employment Law

   

Added on  2020-05-16

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Running head: EMPLOYMENT LAWEmployment LawName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor note
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1EMPLOYMENT LAWAnswer 1IssueIn the given situation the issue which needs to be identified in relation to the study is thatwhether the employer China Lights restaurant have discriminated against Franklin vase on hisrace. AnalysisThe Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides the major federal laws dealingwith racial discrimination in the USA with respect to employment. The laws prohibit anyemployer from taken disciplinary actions or firing the employees based on their race or failing toprovide them with same benefits as provided to others. In the case of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins 490 U.S. 228, 235 (1989) it had been statedby the court that where the employer’s decision making is allowed to be affected due to the raceof a person, the ultimate burden of proof to justify the decision is on the employer. In the case of Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (1974) it has been ruled by the court that anemployer is liable to racial discrimination in situation where there is a failure to provide a personthe same benefits as provides to others belonging to another race. In the case of McClain v. Lufkin Industries, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 267, 277-78(E.D.Tex.1999) complaints had been brought by the defendant that they have been subjected todiscrimination based upon their race by the employer as they had been denied of training andpromotional activity within the organization.
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