"Employment discrimination" definition
Common law context
Overview and history
Coverage of the core statutes
Principles of actionable "discrimination"
Race and color
National origin
Sex
Religion
Age : The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Discrimination based on "impairments" : The Americans with Disabilities Act
Facial exclusions and the bona fide occupational qualification defense
Affirmative action
"Because of" : motive-based disparate treatment liability
Proving motive though expressions of prejudice
Proving motive with circumstantial evidence
Proving motive with statistics systemic "pattern or practice" discrimination
Disparate impact liability
Seniority : impact and motive
The Equal Pay Act
Direct compensation under Title VII, ADA, and ADEA
Insurance
Pensions and retirement
Leaves and reassignments
Intangible "terms and conditions"
Advertisements, interviews, inquiries and medical examinations
Retaliation ("reprisal") for "participation" or "opposition"
Remedies
Enforcement procedures in the public forum : non-federal defendants
Federal employee enforcement
Private, non-judicial resolution.