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

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 ...

Among the first executive actions signed by President Donald Trump during his first day in office was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In ...

Here's what you need to know. Since 1965, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act has helped protect workers from being treated ...

Sen. Kim Jackson will discuss her 'Equal Opportunities for Girls in Sports' Act to prevent gender discrimination in school ...

President Trump revoked a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule for federal contractors, but the action doesn’t repeal ...

President Donald Trump has rolled back 60-year-old act which banned discrimination in federal workplaces. His executive order ...

Many of the orders that Trump rescinded bolster the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 – which prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age ...

Johnson in 1965, prohibited federal contractors from discriminating in employment and required them to take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity. The 60-year-old act has been amended and ...

President Trump has revoked several executive orders that encouraged DEI, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Act.

The commission is a five-person panel that is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to five-year terms.