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Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act ☑: Protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin Resulted from an amendment offered by Smith to try and tank the Bill, important exception is BFOQ Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) ☑: a necessary (not merely preferred) qualification for performing a job Equal Pay Act of 1963 ☑: Equal pay if same job, experience=pay differences Exceptions: seniority, merit, anything other than sex. Covered only wage and hourly employees and exempted employers with fewer than 25 workers Pregnancy Discrimination Act ☑: Prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy Amendment to Title VII spurred by General Electric v. Gilbert 2 Executive Order 11246 ☑: Required companies that do business to take affirmative action to ensure applicants/employees are treated without regard to race, color, religion, and national origin Executive Order 11375 ☑: Expanded EO 11246 to include sex among the protected categories Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ☑: Ledbetter sued Goodyear for back wages after finding out (post retirement) that she had been paid less than men in the same job The Supreme Court refused to grant, as the previous law stated the statute of limitations on pay claims was 180 days RBG gives blistering dissent called for new pay act Signed in 2009, the law allows women who were denied equal pay to make claims for back pay as the 180 period restarts with each new paycheck The Paycheck Fairness Ac