The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII applies to employers with how many employees?

• A. 10 or more
• B. 15 or more
• C. 20 or more
• D. 50 or more

Answer: (B)

Title VII sets a minimum size for employers to be covered by federal anti-discrimination protections. An employer is covered when they have 15 or more employees. This threshold is chosen to protect a broad range of workplaces without imposing federal rules on the smallest businesses. In practice, the employer’s size is counted over a rolling period (the statute looks at employees over a portion of the year, typically 20 calendar weeks in the current or previous year) to determine coverage. If an employer has fewer than 15 employees, Title VII does not apply, though other laws at the state or local level might still offer protections. The other numeric options would either include too-small businesses or exclude many workplaces that federal law intends to protect, so they don’t fit the actual standard.