Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. an independent federal agency created under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, to police a program Equal Employment Opportunity to eliminate discrimination in employment based on race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability. : EEOC

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1. An agency established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to investigate racial and sexual discrimination. The National Organization for Women (NOW) was organized in the 1960s when the EEOC failed to act upon the Civil Rights Act's sexual discrimination clause.

Example Sentences

They also report these numbers to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

From Washington Post

In 2009, Muslims filed 803 religious discrimination claims with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

From The Daily Beast

For more information on your rights, call the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hotline at 800-669-4000.

From The Daily Beast