equal employment opportunity
Nondiscriminatory hiring practice
Equal employment opportunity is the principle that job candidates and employees should be treated fairly regardless of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability.
Often abbreviated EEO, it appears in legal contexts and corporate policy: an equal employment opportunity employer, EEO laws prohibit workplace discrimination.
The concept shapes hiring practices, promotion decisions, and workplace protections in many countries.
- Title VIIEmployment discrimination prohibition statute
- Americans with Disabilities ActCivil rights law for disabled
- diversity trainingEducation promoting workplace inclusion
- workplace diversityVaried employee demographics
- disparate impactDiscrimination through neutral practices
protected class · protected status · affirmative action · anti-discrimination policies · hostile work environment · fair hiring · job posting · background check · reasonable accommodations · ACLU · accessibility · Civil Rights Act · NAACP · inclusion · EEOC · anti-racism · cultural competence · hiring practices
equal employment opportunityemployment discrimination
Unequal treatment in hiring
job discrimination · workplace discrimination · hiring discrimination · age discrimination · disability discrimination
equal employment opportunitylegal discrimination
Unequal treatment permitted by law
equal employment opportunityJim Crow laws
Post-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
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