Department of Human Resources v. Montgomery

Gregory, Justice.

This case involves a construction of the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 (Code Ann. Ch. 89-17). One of the stated purposes of the Act is: “To provide for execution within public employment in the State of the policies embodied in Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 ... as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 . . .” Code Ann. § 89-1702 (a)(1). The Act creates an Office of Fair Employment Practices and provides for the appointment by the Governor of an Administrator of the Office of Fair Employment Practices whose function is to discourage…