DigitalCommons@ILR

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency which enforces Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, as well as other related statutes, such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are age 40 or older; and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments.