Private Club Is Not Subject To Title VII Discrimination Law

Private Club Is Not Subject To Title VII Discrimination Law

Court finds that golf club meets the definition of “bona fide membership club” exempt from rules

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibiting workplace discrimination specifically exempts a “bona fide membership club” that is federally tax-exempt under section 501(c). 

A federal District Court in Pennsylvania has recently decided that the Centre Hills Country Club in State College PA meets the definition and is exempt from the rules.  It has dismissed on summary judgment a claim brought by a female former employee.

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