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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Organization Timeline

Civil Rights Act becomes law

📅 2 July 1964

Title VII bars employment discrimination by covered employers on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and establishes the EEOC.

EEOC begins operations

📅 2 July 1965

The agency starts enforcing Title VII, demonstrating the importance of a designated accountability body and accessible complaint route.

Samantha Elauf’s employment discrimination case wins at the Supreme Court

📅 1 June 2015

The US Supreme Court ruled for the EEOC in the Abercrombie case involving Samantha Elauf, who had worn a headscarf to a job interview. Avoiding a religious accommodation can violate Title VII even...

Greyhound settlement supports Muslim woman’s workplace accommodation

📅 23 November 2021

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a settlement requiring Greyhound to pay $45,000 to a Muslim applicant and provide religious-accommodation training and other relief. The...