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more_legal_areas sexualdiscriminationBeing subjected to sexual discrimination can qualify an employee or former employee relief under state or federal law. Sexual discrimination includes conduct that would not have occurred had it not been for the gender of the victim. The degree in which the sexual discrimination occurs can vary from comments to actions and can exclude the employee from otherwise rightful job duties, salaries, bonuses, promotions, as well as other occupational duties.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first major federal legislative response to the civil right movement. The original authors of the Civil Rights Act did not intentionally wish to include a provision on sexual discrimination, but the ridicule the motion was met with when first motioned led Congresswoman Martha Griffiths to lead the fight to get the amendment included, leading to the employment provision Title VII barring discrimination on the basis of sex.
Simply passing Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 did not mean employers would adhere to the law, and Congresswoman Griffiths, in addition to the National Organization for Women (NOW), women''s unions, and individual women supporting the provision worked to enforce the sexual discrimination law. With time, sexual discrimination lawsuits emerged and major decisions favoring the women led to changes in the workplace that better fostered environments following equal opportunity employments. The way employers hired, promoted, implemented benefits that previously put women at a disadvantage, as well as other employment areas began to change.
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 went on to widen the efforts of equality for women under Title VII. Previously, successful sexual discrimination complaints could only recover back pay, reinstatement, and other employment specific claims. Unlike sexual discrimination cases, in race discrimination cases, severe financial damages could be recovered from the employer, which meant successful sexual discrimination cases could only be offered back pay and reinstated amongst the original discriminatory workers.
While many strides have been made in sexual discrimination laws, a ceiling on damages available to women exists, with the ceiling figured according to the size of the employer. When looking at the news, reports of sexual discrimination cases, often involving high profile employees at large and powerful corporations can be found lining headlines. A U.S. District Court Judge certified what is now considered the nation''s largest class action lawsuit in response to allegations of sexual discrimination from Wal-Mart employees.
Originally filed in 2001, Wal-Mart has been trying to limit the scope of the sexual discrimination lawsuit, claiming in September that its stores operate so independently mini-class action lawsuits targeting each outlet would be more fitting. The Judge ruled the 1964 congressional act prohibited the sexual discrimination and that the enormity of the corporation did not make it immune from the provision. The Wal-Mart sexual discrimination class action lawsuit includes more than 1.6 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart stores in America since December 26, 1998.
Allegations of sexual discrimination against women in pay, training, and promotion have been made. Wal-Mart is the number one corporation on the Fortune 500 list and is also the most sued retailer in the nation. Many hope this Wal-Mart sexual discrimination class action lawsuit will help make equality in the workplace an even greater focus.
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