QandAs: Legal

What is Affirmative Action?

Answer:
Affirmative Action was established

during the presidency of F.D. Roosevelt to provide minorities with increased opportunities. One definition of “affirmative action” is: an active effort to improve employment and educational opportunities for minority groups and women. Affirmative action can also be defined as an “effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons.”

In order to implement “affirmative action,” employers must take steps to prevent discrimination for specific groups of people. Employers must make a “good faith effort” to ensure equal employment opportunities for these identified groups of people. There is a program which is required by the federal government for any of its fund recipients. This program is the Affirmative Action Compliance Plan and it ensures that there is compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws. This program includes an equal employment opportunity policy, as well as methods to carry out the policy.


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