Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...

Trump on Tuesday rolled back the 60-year-old Equal Employment Opportunity executive order. Here's what that means for ...

President Donald Trump revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965 via executive order on January 20, rolling back decades-old provisions that banned discrimination and instituted ...

For decades, presidents have issued executive orders expanding and strengthening diversity programs within the federal ...

Here's what you need to know. Since 1965, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act has helped protect workers from being treated unfairly because of their race, gender, religion, or national origin.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the situation. The term “Equal Employment Act” often refers to policies derived from key civil rights legislation, particularly President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Its goal has been built on by various pieces of legislation: laws, amendments and executive ...

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI ...

Many of the orders that Trump rescinded bolster the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 – which prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age ...