History And Benefits Of EEAC: The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Ron Metzgar

Instructor: Nathalie Brech

Introduction to Human Resources

10 December 2014

The History and Benefits of EEOC In 1963 John F Kennedy saw that there were changes that needed to take place and so the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was born. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, also known as the EEOC was created in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was created while John F, Kennedy was in office. This Act was a bill addressing not only discrimination in employment, but also discrimination in other areas such as voting, public accommodations, and education. The law was forged and passed in an atmosphere of urgency. There was growing unrest in the employment sector due to the discrimination and the racial turmoil of the time. There were riots, beatings, deaths, fires; the US was in a state of unrest. The civil rights struggle was played out on the TV's in thousands of American homes in 1963. On June 11th 1963, John F. Kennedy stood up on live TV and pressed the Congress of the United States

In some cases, the EEOC will bring civil suits based on charges of discrimination and choose to bring enforcement action against the employer. However, charges of discrimination are most often filed by private individuals, though they must first pursue all their options with the employer prior to seeking legal action. As Congress has intended, the EEOC has become the lead enforcement agency in the area of workplace discrimination over the past 5 decades. It has become a respected advocate for the people and communities it was created to serve. The EEOC recognizes that it is an agency of the government and is there for the employee as well as the companies. The EEOC has to play a roll of fairness and maintain a certain indifference, not only to those individuals it was created to protect but also to the employers and unions that are subject to its