legislation: 103-hr-1172

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103-hr-1172 103 hr 1172 Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1993-03-02 1993-03-17 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 118 Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.) 2025-08-26T13:48:59Z  

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