Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Act_of_1972
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:allowedEEOCTo file lawsuits against employers
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:appliesTo educational institutions
local governments
state governments
private sector employers
public sector employers
gptkbp:category gptkb:anti-discrimination_law
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1972
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:expandedPowersOf gptkb:Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission
gptkbp:goal eliminate workplace discrimination
gptkbp:increasedCoverage employers with 15 or more employees
gptkbp:prohibits employment discrimination
gptkbp:prohibitsDiscriminationOnBasisOf gptkb:color
gptkb:racism
gptkb:religion
sex
national origin
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Richard_Nixon
March 24, 1972
gptkbp:strengthenedEnforcement gptkb:Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_2000e_et_seq.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
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