Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- Disparate treatment -- Adverse impact -- Application of adverse impact to employment decisions -- Failure to provide a reasonable accommodation -- Race and color -- National origin and citizenship -- Native Americans -- Religion -- Sex -- Sexual orientation and gender identity -- Age -- Disability -- Retaliation -- Hiring -- Promotion, advancement, and reclassification -- Seniority -- Compensation -- Sexual and other forms of harassment -- Discharge and reduction in force -- Employers -- Unions -- Employment agencies -- Charging parties and plaintiffs -- EEOC administrative process -- Timeliness -- Jurisdictional bars to action -- Title vii litigation procedure -- EEOC litigation -- Justice department litigation -- Federal employee litigation -- Class actions -- Discovery -- Statistical and other expert proof -- The civil rights acts of 1866 and 1871 -- The National Labor Relations Act -- "Reverse" discrimination and affirmative action -- Federal contractor affirmative action compliance -- Injunctive and affirmative relief -- Monetary relief -- Attorney's fees -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Settlement.