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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Executive Order 11375 canonical 1

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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 ⓘ