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EEOC
Facts - 1:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was
created under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which
addressed the issues of segregation and racial
discrimination.
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2: The Civil Rights
Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon
Johnson on July 2, 1964. Title
VII, regarding
Discrimination by Private Employers, established the
federal agency known as
the EEOC.
EEOC
Facts - 3: The primary responsibility of
the EEOC was to investigate charges of unlawful employment practices
and to attempt to reach a voluntary settlement through conciliation.
Under the original Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
EEOC had no authority to bring lawsuits of its own.
EEOC
Facts - 4: LBJ appointed Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First
Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, as the first Chairman of the
Commission, with a budget of $2.25 million and approximately 100
employees. He served in the position until May 11, 1966.
EEOC
Facts - 5: Charles T. Duncan, an African
American lawyer from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, was
appointed as the EEOC's first General Counsel. Charles T. Duncan
served until October 1966 organizing the Commission and establishing
procedures on employee selection, guidelines and codes of practice
on discrimination.
EEOC
Facts - 6: During its first
year of operation the EEOC obtained conciliation
agreements with over one hundred employers, the majority
of the cases were located in the deep south.
EEOC
Facts - 7: During its first
years of operation the Commission conducted public
hearings across the nation and attracted media attention
in an effort to make the public aware that they
could make complaints to the EEOC about employment
discrimination. The public hearings ended in 1972.
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Facts -
8: As time passed the
jurisdiction of the EOCC regarding employment
discrimination issues expanded into additional areas.
EEOC
Facts - 9: The Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protected
workers aged 40 years and over from discrimination in
different aspects of employment.
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10: In 1970 the EEOC
Department of Labor began to share information and
coordinate investigations of government contractors.
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EEOC
Facts - 11: In 1972 Congress
amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by
approving the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972.
EEOC
Facts - 12: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibited
discrimination on the basis of disability in federal government
programs.
EEOC
Facts - 13: By 1975 the EEOC was swamped
with complaints and had a backlog of nearly 100,000 cases that were
awaiting investigation. Congress duly approved the EEOC budget of
$63 million presented by President Gerald Ford.
EEOC
Facts - 14: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 was
passed regarding discrimination on the basis of pregnancy,
childbirth, or related medical conditions.
EEOC
Facts - 15: The Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978 was passed and the EEOC assumed
responsibility for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in
the civilian federal workforce. During the same year the
responsibilities of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Coordinating Council was transferred to the EEOC.
EEOC
Facts - 16: Congress passed
the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
amending the Immigration and Nationality Act so that
employers could be fined for hiring illegal workers.
EEOC
Facts - 17: The
1990 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed prohibiting
employment discrimination by the private sector, state
and local governments on the basis of disability.
EEOC
Facts - 18: Congress passed
the Civil Rights Act of 1991 amending Title VII so that
successful plaintiffs could recover compensation and
damages in cases of intentional employment
discrimination cases. The following year the EEOC
provided enforcement guidance on how to assess damages.
EEOC
Facts - 19: The Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 prohibits
employment discrimination on the basis of an applicant’s
or employee’s genetic information.
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