# Title VII of the Civil Rights Act — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count

For Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, employee threshold is 15; requirement is you are prohibited from discriminating against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; counting note is part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation, verified against its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Law:** Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
- **Full name:** Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
- **Employee threshold:** 15
- **Requirement:** you are prohibited from discriminating against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
- **Counting note:** part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation

## What the source says

> Title VII of the Civil Rights Act <https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964> Title VII of the Civil Rights Act says you are prohibited from discriminating against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

## Source

- https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [US federal employment law thresholds by employee count](https://referencesource.org/regulatory-threshold-triggers/).