Equal Opportunity Employment

The History of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency responsible for eliminating employment discrimination (by private employers) based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin. It is also responsible for the elimination of…

Affirmative Actions are a multitude of efforts to defeat or at least minimize discriminative employment within a workforce. Affirmative Action’s help create a diversified workforce which could help an organization. I will discuss EEO compliance requirements that impact a federal subcontractor such as, Executive Order 11246, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. Further, I will explain some of the components of an Affirmative Action plan and…

in 1991, prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (Phillips, 2015, p. 57) The protections afforded me as a result of the passing of the Civil Rights Act is significant. I belong to multiple protect groups identified within the Act. As an African American female, I am afforded equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and employment. Prior to 1964, employment opportunities in education were limited to the “separate but equal” education…

They are able to eliminate discrimination in order to encourage inclusiveness and thereby boost performance and productivity. Olmec’s research (Lloyd & Ahmed 2008) found that whilst many organisations operated with an equal opportunities policy and made explicit their commitment to diversity in their mission statement and aims, there was still some work to do to ensure that diversity was embedded in all aspects of the organisations’ work. Key to this was for diversity to be…

pleads by passing many laws and starting initiatives to better the workplace for all Americans regardless of Race, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Disability and Age. Two initiatives I will be exploring are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Equal Opportunity Equal Opportunity started to make waves in 1961 as an executive order from President John F. Kennedy. In his order he indicated that federal contractors take “affirmative action…

as filing, sales and factory jobs, household workers, or nurses. These were considered “Proper” and “feminine”, as they were low status tasks that were considered beneath men. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allowed these women to have legal representation to put an end to the disposition they faced due to their gender. Usually through civil lawsuits, these women acted as a catalyst for change by forcing their employers to pay…

procedures adhering to the requirements of equal opportunity laws and equality. Diverse compunctions of the judiciary have higher capacitates of responsiveness to experiences and needs of different legal system subjects. On the other hand, such a judiciary appears reflective of various cultures and backgrounds…

nationalities, religions and sexes to form a group, organization or community. Today, society still struggles to add diversity into schools. Some understand we must have a moral obligation to our future generations to be diverse and equal so that everyone is given an equal opportunity which is where the affirmative action comes in. While others do not see an issue in banning the affirmative action and creating a "Religious Freedom Law" which discriminates against specific members of people. Some…

States government enacted affirmative action in 1961 during the Kennedy administration to give minorities an equal opportunity in society (“A brief History…”). Since then, many colleges and companies across the nation have implemented this action. Included in this action is a group of executive orders. One of the most popular executive actions introduced is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that requires companies employed by the federal government to not judge based on race, religion,…

that having and making use of a diverse workforce has resulted in accrued benefits to organizations (; Stewart and Brown, 2010; Dessler, Mathis et al., 2013 ;). The success of diversity management initiatives is underpinned by embedding equal employment opportunities (EEO) policies in the firm’s business practices. For diversity management to be effective, it should not be aimed at non discriminatory policies that makes provision for…