Training Book - Level II - Mystic Lake

5/9/18

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e – 2000e-17 (2000); Executive Order 11246 Prohibits discrimination due to race, color, religion, gender or national origin Applies to employers with 15+ employees for each working day in 20+ calendar weeks Excludes US, corporation owned by US and Indian Tribes . However, exemption does not extend to enterprise with mixed ownership (Tribe and non-Indian owner) ◦ Myrick v. Devils Lake Sioux Manufacturing Corp ., 718 F. Supp. 753 (D.N.D. 1989)

Indian Preference Under Title VII Indian preference in hiring is expressly permitted for employers on or near reservations Exceptions: ◦ No preference for members of a particular tribe over other tribes ◦ Dawavendewa v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement Power Dist ., 154 Fed.3d 117 (9 th Cir. 1998), See also Dawavendewa v. Salt River Project , 276 F.3d 1150 (9 th Cir 2001)

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