What is the relationship between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and employment discrimination law?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This law applies to all employers with more than fifteen employees, and includes both public and private employers. In New Hampshire, the Law Against Discrimination (RSA 354-A) is a state law that extends the protections of Title VII to include additional protected classes such as age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, and genetic information. The Law Against Discrimination also applies to employers with four or more employees, unlike Title VII which requires an employer to have more than fifteen employees before the law takes effect. The relationship between Title VII and employment discrimination law in New Hampshire is that it provides additional protections to employees from discrimination. Title VII sets the basic framework for national protection against the previously mentioned protected classes, and the Law Against Discrimination in New Hampshire extends those protections further. This means that all employers, regardless of size, have an obligation to comply with the law and not discriminate against any employee based on these classes.

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