Race and ethnicity (EEO)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the US Department of Labor (EEO) requires employers to report various information about their employees, in particular, their racial/ethnic categories to prevent discrimination based on race/ethnicity. The definitions used in the report have been different at different times.

2007

In 1997, the Office of Management and Budget gave a Federal Register Notice called the "Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity" which defined new racial and ethnic definitions. [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html "Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity"] ] As of 2007 September 30, the EEO's EEO-1 report must use these new racial and ethnic definitions in establishing grounds for racial or ethnic discrimination. [ [http://www.eeoc.gov/eeo1/index.html Final Revisions of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1)] by the EEOC. The page contains links to FAQs, forms and instructions] The racial and ethnic definitions are the same as the official definitions on the US Census.fact|date=August 2007 If an employee identifies their ethnicity as "Hispanic or Latino" as well as a race, then their race is not reported in EEO-1, but it is kept as part of the employment record.

A person's color or physical appearance can be grounds for a case of racial discrimination as well.The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. "Race/Color Discrimination". August 15, 2007. [http://www.eeoc.gov/types/race.html] ] Discrimination based on national origin can be grounds for a case on discrimination too. [The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. "National Origin Discrimination." 2007. August 15, 2007. [http://www.eeoc.gov/origin/index.html] ]

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