In 1972, the government attempting to correct discrimination in the
workplace passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. This act
protects individual rights and promotes employment opportunities and
fairness for everyone within the workplace (Klingner & Nalbandian, 1998,
p. 158). This act should have eliminated gender bias and pay
inequities, but has it accomplished its goal? Are employment
opportunities and promotion opportunities fair and equal to everyone?
Does gender bias and pay inequities still exist in 2000, 28 years after
the passage of the act? In researching this topic, I d…