Executive Order 11246

Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246
Seal of the President of the United States
President Johnson
President Johnson in Oval Office
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number11246
Signed byLyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number65-10340
Publication date28 September 1965
Summary
Established requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors

Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965, established requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. It "prohibits federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, who do over $10,000 in Government business in one year from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."[1] It also requires contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin." The phrase affirmative action had appeared previously in Executive Order 10925 in 1961.

  1. ^ U.S. Department of Labor: "The Executive Order 11246" Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 4, 2012