The EEOC government is the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The commission is a federal agency designed to ensure equal employment opportunity for all Americans, regardless of race, age, disability and other factors. The law applies to Americans working in the United States as well as Americans working abroad for American companies. The commission hears cases where charges of employment discrimination have been filed. They are also responsible for filing lawsuits on behalf of alleged victims of employment discrimination. The EEOC operates under six specific pieces of legislation ﾖ the first of which was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was specifically related to discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion or sex. Today, the EEOC also works to protect workers from discrimination based on age, disability and pregnancy as well as protecting workers from harassment in the workplace. The President of the United States appoints the five commissioners and one general counsel that makes up the EEOC.