Executive Order 11246

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Executive Order 11246 is a U.S. presidential directive that requires federal contractors to practice nondiscriminatory employment and implement affirmative action based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States executive order
anti-discrimination law instrument
administeredBy Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
U.S. Department of Labor
amends Executive Order 10925
appliesTo contractor recruitment and advertising practices
federal contractors
federally assisted construction contractors
subcontractors of federal contractors
codifiedInRegulations 41 CFR Part 60
country United States
coverageThreshold contracts over a specified monetary amount
effectiveDate 1965-09-24
enforcedBy Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
enforcementMechanism complaint investigations
compliance reviews
possible contract cancellation
possible debarment from future contracts
expandedBy Executive Order 11375
later presidential executive orders on sexual orientation and gender identity
language English
legalArea affirmative action
employment discrimination law
legalStatus in force
president Lyndon B. Johnson
prohibitsDiscriminationOnBasisOf color
gender identity
national origin
race
religion
sex
sexual orientation
purpose to eliminate employment discrimination by federal contractors
to promote equal employment opportunity in federal contracting
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
replaces Executive Order 10925
requires affirmative action programs
equal employment opportunity
nondiscriminatory employment practices
posting of equal opportunity notices
recordkeeping and reporting by covered contractors
written affirmative action plans for certain contractors
scope employment decisions including hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
signingDate 1965-09-24
subjectTo periodic amendments


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