Labor Law: Changes In the Workplace

It's 1964. Civil disobedience over Vietnam is rampant, muscle is replacing chrome on American cars and LSD dropping hippies are making the scene. Legislation intended to eliminate discrimination in the workplace is being debated in Congress. It landmarks another major government incursion into the private sector.

Note: You can research the National Labor Relations Act/NLRA and the Fair Labor Standards Act/FLSA of the late 1930's for precedent.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed into law. The American workplace will never be the same. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Affirmative Action quickly become household words.

American culture alters and evolves into the culture we have today.

Today's small businesses operate in a maze of Federal and State labor laws, often not knowing the maze is there. Then they get hit with a lawsuit or EEOC complaint (also FEPC in California) and they become familiar with the labor law maze very quickly and not very happily. I think there is an old saying about an ounce of prevention that applys here.

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Historical Note: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made sweeping reforms to mitigate discrimination in society. It is actually Title VII that addressed discrimination in the workplace.