Executive Order 11375

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Executive Order 11375 is a 1967 U.S. presidential directive that strengthened federal equal employment opportunity policy by explicitly prohibiting sex discrimination in government and contractor hiring and employment practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States executive order
legal instrument
affects hiring practices of federal contractors
promotion practices of federal contractors
training and apprenticeship opportunities under federal contracts
amends Executive Order 11246
appliesTo federal contractors
federal government employment practices
federally assisted construction contractors
subcontractors under covered federal contracts
authority Constitutional executive power of the President of the United States
country United States of America
dateSigned 1967-10-13
enforcedBy Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
expandedProtectionTo sex
goal eliminate sex-based discrimination in hiring and employment
strengthen federal equal employment opportunity enforcement
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States
hasNumber 11375
historicalSignificance first U.S. executive order to explicitly ban sex discrimination in federal contractor employment
jurisdiction federal contractors with government contracts above a specified threshold
languageAdded sex as a protected category in federal contractor nondiscrimination obligations
legalArea anti-discrimination law
civil rights law
labor law
partOf United States equal employment opportunity framework
policyType equal employment opportunity policy
president Lyndon B. Johnson
previousProtectionsIncluded color
national origin
race
religion
prohibits sex discrimination in employment
publicationMedium Federal Register
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
requires affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity
federal contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants and employees are treated without regard to sex
scope employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, and termination
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
status in force with subsequent amendments and regulations
subject employment discrimination
equal employment opportunity
sex discrimination
successorRegulationInfluenced federal contractor affirmative action regulations on sex discrimination
yearSigned 1967

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Executive Order 11246 expandedBy Executive Order 11375