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  2. Equal employment opportunity - Wikipedia

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    President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Equal employment opportunity is equal opportunity to attain or maintain employment in a company, organization, or other institution. Examples of legislation to foster it or to protect it from eroding include the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to assist in the protection of United ...

  3. Employment discrimination - Wikipedia

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    Because high concentrations of women work in these fields (34.8% of employed women of color and 5.1% of white women as private household workers, 21.6% and 13.8% working in service jobs, 9.3% and 3.7% as agricultural workers, and 8.1% and 17.2% as administrative workers), "nearly 45% of all employed women, then, appear to have been exempt from ...

  4. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It makes it illegal for employers to discriminate based upon protected characteristics regarding terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Employment agencies may not discriminate when hiring or referring applicants, and labor organizations are also prohibited from basing membership or union classifications on race, color, religion, sex ...

  5. Disparate impact - Wikipedia

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    For example, if an hypothetical fire department used a 100-pound test, that policy might disproportionately exclude female job applicants from employment. Under the 80% rule mentioned above, unsuccessful female job applicants would have a prima facie case of disparate impact "discrimination" against the department if they passed the 100-pound ...

  6. Equality Act 2010 - Wikipedia

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    The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011–2260), made on 9 September 2011, [40] required public authorities to publish information to demonstrate their compliance with the public sector equality duty and to identify one or more objectives which they thought they should work to achieve.

  7. Leaded gas created a mental health crisis for this generation

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    Sixty nine cents a gallon for gasoline was even low for 1986 and you could buy gas with lead in it called "regular". A new study linked leaded gasoline to mental health conditions such as anxiety ...

  8. Greyhound Cuddling with Chihuahua Sister Makes Them Seem Like ...

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    The Greyhound and Chihuahua might not have been besties. Nope. There are plenty of dogs who are forced to spend time together and don't really get along. But not these two. These two are sisters.

  9. Equality and diversity (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Equality and diversity is a term used in the United Kingdom to define and champion equality, diversity and human rights as defining values of society.It promotes equality of opportunity for all, giving every individual the chance to achieve their potential, free from prejudice and discrimination.