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Employment practices which do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Such discrimination is outlawed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. §2000e-2.
Title VII created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] to implement an equal opportunity policy by working with local agencies, paying the expenses of witnesses before the Commission, affording persons subject to Title VII technical assistance to further compliance, helping to conciliate employers and labor organizations with employees or members refusing to cooperate, making technical studies, and intervening in civil actions on the part of an aggrieved party. The Commission is composed of five members, appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. They serve for five-year terms. No more than three of the five may belong to the same political party. 42 U.S.C. §2000e-4.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- The branch of the U.S. government that enforces equal opportunity laws in workplaces.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Website:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Contact EEOC
By phone:
1-800-669-4000
If you have a TTY device for hearing impaired:
TTY number is 1-800-669-6820
By Email:
Please include your zip code and/or city and state so that your email will be sent to the appropriate office.
info@eeoc.gov
By mail or fax:
Please contact the appropriate field office:
Contact EEOC
EEOC Headquarters is located at:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1801 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20507
Phone: (202) 663-4900
TTY: (202) 663-4494
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About the Government Equalities Office (UK)
The new Government Equalities Office will take on responsibility for the Government’s overall strategy and priorities on equality issues. This will include the Discrimination Law Review, the Single Equality Bill, and the Equality PSA; sponsorship of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and the response to Trevor Phillips’ Equalities Review.
It will also be responsible for policy on gender equality, including the Minister for Women's priorities, and sexual orientation and for integrating work on race and religion or belief equality into the overall equality framework. Click here to read SI
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si2007/uksi_20072914_en.pdf
Government Equalities Office Website:
Women and Equality Unit
Contact the Government Equalities Office
5th Floor
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
United Kingdom
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