Tribal hiring preferences based on political classifications are permissible under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held in EEOC v. Peabody W. Coal Co.1 The first federal circuit court of appeals to address the question in such detail, the Ninth Circuit rejected the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's claim that a mining company's implementation of a tribal hiring preference — based on leases drafted by the U.S.read more http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/ninth-circuit-rejects-eeocs-challenge-tribal-hiring-preferences