Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity is the right to all persons to enjoy all the benefits of employment on the basis of qualification, and to participate in programs and services without regard to membership in or identification with any group by federal, state, or local nondiscrimination laws. The Executive Order 11246 requires that affirmative action to be taken to employ and advance qualified women and minorities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in federally assisted programs. You can not be discriminated against because you become pregnant or any other medical reasons. That is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. It is prohibited to discriminate against anyone looking for employment at the age 40 or over. That is the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. Basically this world is becoming a world of equal opportunity and you can not be discriminated against. Federal Funded Programs go through a Utilization Analysis and that is a report examining the percentages of women and minorities in the workforce population in specific job groups, as compared to the availability of members of both groups having requisite skills in an area in which the contractor can reasonably recruit. The equal pay act of 1963 prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women. You can not be discriminated against in life or in employment. It is said that all are to be created equal.