Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent federal agency created under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, to police a program Equal Employment Opportunity to eliminate discrimination in employment based on race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability. EEOC

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1. An agency established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to investigate racial and sexual discrimination. The National Organization for Women (NOW) was organized in the 1960s when the EEOC failed to act upon the Civil Rights Act's sexual discrimination clause.

Example Sentences

The actor reported the alleged abuse he experienced to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

From Los Angeles Times

Title VI mandated that federal funds were withheld from hospitals, schools, and other critical institutions that still excluded Black Americans or other racial minorities; Title VII prohibited discrimination in employment decisions and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce its anti-discrimination protections.

From Slate

Cuts under the Trump administration, Gage said, are expected to delay any cases involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission due to staffing issues as “there just won’t be enough people to handle the files.”

From Los Angeles Times

These officials include ones who play a key role in civil rights enforcement, such as members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

From Slate

It arose out of a 2023 lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the company’s alleged toleration of widespread racial harassment of Black employees at its Fremont, Calif., factory.

From Los Angeles Times