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Title VII: Hiring Based on Religion

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Reference Title VII) It would be illegal for any employer in the United States to require that an individual be a certain religion.
If the employer was a Jewish Temple and two applicants were interviewed. One being Jewish and one being ...

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