Equal Employment Opportunity

Both the government and the states have put different laws and regulations in place in order to protect citizens civil rights, including the equal employment opportunity. The equal employment opportunity (EEO) was designed in order to protect all individuals and allow all individuals to have the right to obtain jobs and be treated fairly at their job, regardless of non-job-related factors. The Bible incorporates the message that, “For God shows no partiality”, which is important, because God sees no one above another, so long as individuals obey the truth of God (Romans 2:11). The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 prohibit employers from being able to make hiring decisions based upon race, color, sex, religion, origin, age, disabilities, and pregnancy, unless an organization can prove that it is job related. Once Title VII was developed, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was then established, which is a commission group responsible for enforcing the equal employment opportunity laws and ensuring that discrimination is not taking place in organizations