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  2. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Wikipedia

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    [3]: 12, 21 The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, pregnancy, and gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, and retaliation for participating in a discrimination complaint proceeding and/or opposing a discriminatory practice.

  3. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White

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    White filed an additional retaliation charge with the EEOC based on the suspension. The anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employer actions that "discriminate against" an employee (or job applicant) because he has "opposed" a practice that Title VII forbids or has "made a charge, testified, assisted ...

  4. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Though ADEA is the center of most discussion of age discrimination legislation, there is a longer history starting with the abolishment of "maximum ages of entry into employment in 1956" by the United States Civil Service Commission. Then in 1964, Executive Order 11141 "established a policy against age discrimination among federal contractors ...

  5. Executive Order 11246 - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity", January 21, 2025 Executive Order 11246 , signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson , was an executive order of the Article II branch of the United States federal government , in place from 1965 to 2025, specifying non-discriminatory practices and ...

  6. Workplace revenge - Wikipedia

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    Workplace revenge, or workplace retaliation, refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace.Retaliation often involves a power imbalance; the retaliator is usually someone with more power in the workplace than the victim, and retaliation may be done to silence the victim so the retaliator can avoid accountability for workplace bullying, workplace harassment, or ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - Wikipedia

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    It prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, and marital or familial status. [1] Specifically, it empowers the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to take enforcement action against individuals, employers, and labor unions which violated the employment provisions of the ...

  9. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar

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    The Court held that while Title VII applies a mixed motive discrimination framework to claims of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin (see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2), that framework did not apply to claims of retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3. The Court reasoned that based on its decision in Gross v.