Employment Discrimination $-$ Part II

This interactive will explore some of the illegal reasons employers attempt to fire employees. Before beginning this interactive, review

the material in your text under LO $43-01$ and LO $43-7$ through $43-10$ in Chapter $43.$

During the $18$th and $19$th centuries in the United States, employees had no protection in the workplace. An employee who was injured

could be fired. In fact, an employer could fire a worker for no reason at all. This concept came to be known as $"$at$-$will employment."

Today, an employee who is not employed under a contract or a collective bargaining agreement is considered to be an at$-$will

employee. The exception to the at$-$will rule is that an employer may not fire an employee for an illegal reason.

Roll your cursor over each tile below to reveal an explanation of one step in the title VII process. Then, drag each step to the

appropriate position on the timeline.

EEOC Notifies

Jon Files a

EEOC Files

Right$-$to$-$Sue

Jon Hires an

Discriminatory

EEOC

Reasonable

Employer

Charge

Suit

Letter

Attorney

Act Occurs

Investigates

Cause

EEOC Decides to Sue

Filing a Title VII Claim of Employment Discrimination