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Your organization employees 475 people and you are the HR Professional for the organization. You're teaching your staff about the EEOC laws and the rights your employees have under these laws. In your

The correct answer is C. Fair Employment Practices Agencies. The EEOC designates state and local anti-discrimination enforcement offices as Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs), which partner with the EEOC through work-sharing agreements.

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Your organization employees 475 people and you are the HR Professional for the organization. You're teaching your staff about the EEOC laws and the rights your employees have under these laws. In your state what term is assigned by the EEOC to the local offices that enforcethe EEOC laws and any local or state anti-discrimination laws?

Options

  • ALabor offices
  • BWorkers Rights Agencies
  • CFair Employment Practices Agencies
  • DEEOC offices

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    5% (3)
  • B
    9% (5)
  • C
    71% (39)
  • D
    15% (8)

Why each option

The EEOC designates state and local anti-discrimination enforcement offices as Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs), which partner with the EEOC through work-sharing agreements.

ALabor offices

'Labor offices' is a generic informal term and is not the EEOC's designated classification for state and local anti-discrimination enforcement agencies.

BWorkers Rights Agencies

'Workers Rights Agencies' is not a term recognized or used by the EEOC to classify state and local enforcement partners.

CFair Employment Practices AgenciesCorrect

The EEOC formally uses the term 'Fair Employment Practices Agencies' (FEPAs) to identify state and local government offices that enforce anti-discrimination laws parallel to federal EEOC statutes. FEPAs operate under work-sharing agreements with the EEOC to coordinate dual-filed charges and avoid redundant investigations. They are the recognized local counterparts through which state and local anti-discrimination law is enforced alongside federal law.

DEEOC offices

'EEOC offices' refers to the federal agency's own field offices, not the separate state and local agencies that enforce local anti-discrimination statutes.

Concept tested: EEOC Fair Employment Practices Agencies designation

Source: https://www.eeoc.gov/field/index.cfm

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#EEOC#Fair Employment Practices Agencies#anti-discrimination enforcement

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