Equal Employment Opportunity Act Explained

Equal Employment Opportunity: What to Know About Executive Order 11246
Learn about the history of Executive Order 11246 following President Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI programs and remove DEI employees within a week.
Which sections of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act did Trump revoke?
Among the first executive actions signed by President Donald Trump during his first day in office was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In a phone call Monday morning ahead of Trump’s swearing-in,
Trump rolls back Equal Employment Opportunity Act in anti-diversity and inclusion executive order
President Donald Trump has revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965, the latest update to his raft of executive orders since he was sworn into office. On his first day in office, Trump signed an anti-trans executive order proclaiming there are “only two sexes” – which was later debunked by United States Representative Sarah McBride – and ordered the overturning of the birthright citizenship.
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Donald Trump revokes LBJ’s historic Equal Employment Opportunity order
Donald Trump’s war on diversity in the workplace has expanded to include the revocation of a landmark anti-discrimination act that has been in place for 60 years. Trump’s order on “Ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity” revokes former President Lyndon B.
Reassessing Equal Employment Opportunity: New Shifts in Federal Policies
Explore the latest shifts in federal policies on Equal Employment Opportunity and their impact on workplaces nationwide, promoting inclusivity and fairness
Trump revoked an anti-discrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act Explained: What Donald Trump's Move Means
President Trump's major workplace changes may discourage companies from going above and beyond to support diversity and inclusion.
‘This is what you all voted for’: Trump viciously revokes 1965 Equal Employment Opportunity executive order
Donald Trump, in his quest to destroy all initiatives aimed at creating an equal playing field for marginalized groups, revokes a 60-year-old executive order that prohibited the federal government from using discriminatory practices in hiring.
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Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 in 1965. Since then, organizations doing business with the federal ...
Why LBJ signed executive order 11246 that Trump rescinded
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act ...
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Amid concerns over Trump's DEI executive order, Michigan civil rights attorney says workers have other protections
the revoking of Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, does not eliminate the larger Equal Employment Opportunity Act that was part of the Equal Rights ...
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What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say?
The US president has revoked a 1965 executive order, put federal DEI workers on leave and taken down diversity websites.
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‘Civil Rights Canon in American Law’: Trump Rescinds Historic LBJ Nondiscrimination Order
With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government ...
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EO 11246 On Affirmative Action is Dead – But What Will Take Its Place?
President Trump issued an executive order entitled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” ...
Trump executive order: What will the ‘two sexes’ policy change for LGBTQ+
Trump has directed federal agencies to only define gender as either, male and female, and reject a person’s preferred gender ...